Ukraine War: The Donbas body collector who has lost count

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Ukraine War: The Donbas body collector who has lost count
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For those on the front line of Russia's war in Ukraine, the personal toll is unbearable.

Aleksey Yukov and his men recover dead bodies of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers killed in combat in the Donbas

"We work with no days off. Constantly. We drive, we investigate, we transport, we search, all the time," he says. There are no official figures for how many Ukrainian troops have died. But one adviser to President Zelensky told the BBC last month that between 100-200 Ukrainian soldiers were being killed every day. On average it's at the lower end of that scale.

Who does Aleksey think is winning the war? "It's not about who is winning," he says. "It's about who's right. They [Russia] came here and that was unforgivable". There's no respite from the sound of heavy shelling at a military medical station we visit. The chief medical officer - who only wants to be known as Dr Anatoliy for his own safety - describes the situation on the frontline as "fragile".

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