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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Tim Hanlon

Medics pictured forced to use mobile phone torches in surgery during Ukraine blackouts

Ukrainian medics have been pictured using mobile phone torches to provide light as they perform operations after a power cut in Kyiv.

Regular breaks in electricity supplies are becoming part of life for many Ukrainians as Russian shells hit infrastructure.

Hospitals are low on resources and surgeons are also having to carry out operations at times without electricity due to the extreme conditions.

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