At a hospital a short drive from the scene of fierce fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops, two orderlies carefully carry an injured soldier on a stretcher. Four others soon join him on individual beds on board a special coach, while another four walking-wounded using crutches limp up the steps to their seats. The vehicle has become a familiar sight on the main roads to and from the frontline in the east: from the outside, it looks like any other long-distance coach criss-crossing the barren countryside, but inside it is packed with the latest medical equipment and machines to help keep the most seriously injured troops alive. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES