Andrii Verba, who is described in the post as one of Ukraine’s “most experienced surgeons,” performed the delicate extraction without the use of electrocoagulation, which is a common surgical method to control bleeding, because of the risks it posed in this exceptional circumstance.
The war in Ukraine is still raging nearly 11 months after Russia began its invasion in February 2022.
Soledar’s fall, while unlikely a turning point in the grinding war of attrition, would be a prize for a Kremlin starved of good battlefield news in recent months.