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Some newly mobilised Russian reservists have been ordered to source their own first aid supplies and advised that female sanitary products are a cost-effective solution, according to the latest briefing by the UK Ministry of Defence.
Medical provision for Russian combat troops in Ukraine is likely growing worse, it says, adding that “medical training and first-aid awareness is likely poor”.
Some Russia troops have obtained their own modern, Western-style combat torniquets but have stowed them on their equipment using cable-ties, rather than with the Velcro provided – probably because such equipment is scarce and liable to be pilfered.
This is almost certain to hamper or render impossible the timely application of torniquet care in the case of catastrophic bleeding on the battlefield.
