CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports from the frontlines of Ukraine, where soldiers rush to bring in the wounded as drones constantly look for a target.

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Russian forces have invaded Ukraine from land, air and sea with strikes causing widespread damage. Global leaders have condemned the move and imposed sanctions.

Ukraine Invasion

Ukrainian soldiers and medical units near Pokrovsk are experiencing heightened danger as Russian forces intensify their offensive, particularly at night with the use of drones. Medical teams operate in darkness to avoid detection, and the risk of drone strikes makes it difficult to evacuate and treat the wounded. Civilians in nearby towns are also affected, with evacuation routes changing rapidly and drone attacks targeting both military and civilian locations. The ongoing Russian offensive is altering the situation on the ground, leaving many residents with few options for escape and uncertain futures.

Soldiers in Ukraine battle Russian offensive at night

After dusk the war has fallen silent but got deadlier. This tiny military medical unit near the town of Pokrovsk which Russia is close to encircling is waiting for patients in total darkness and quiet just for survival. That bright light we're told is a Russian spotter drone and look at how their other attack drones riddle the dark. The first warning is gunfire, Ukrainians aiming at Russian drones. We just have to keep every kind of light source or heat source indoors in case Russian drones are passing overhead and that makes it impossible frankly to go outside for this unit to welcome in the wounded instead listening to the eerie noises in the dark trying to work out what's a threat and what's not. But imagine how hard it must be for those actually at the front lines trying to bring wounded out with constant drones above them. The medics tell us this is a quiet night in the skies but no injured here is no relief. The fact that you haven't had patients tonight isn't necessarily a good thing, it might mean they can't get out. Dawn is when the injured usually come, when the changing light disrupts drone cameras. But the only patients, six men with suspected concussion after their vehicle was hit by a drone on the road who drove straight here. Some of the badly wounded trapped as this video shows, Ukrainian wounded evacuated here two days earlier by police from the front line, their injuries infected after the long wait. Daylight doesn't stop the hunt. We rush to our car to leave but there's a problem. Two elderly locals hear the noise, one runs and the other braves it out. So our car won't start and we've just noticed locals running away from a drone and so we're trying to get out of here as quickly as we can. Our vehicle is under a tree but SUVs are a priority target. We manage to go. The need to leave when you have to abandon your life is constantly creeping up on people here. This is Dobropillia where yesterday the normal bus service ran but today it's cancelled and the way out is with the police in an armoured van. The drones closing in fast. Katya explains she and her baby son truly have nowhere to go, no plan for what's next. It's happened that fast. Days before Russian drones struck many civilian targets like this coffee shop. But every day the map of where police can go is changing. This is Belitsky, a flame, Russian troops on its edges. Police taking out those who, like many here, simply didn't see things changing so fast. As they leave they use this device to intercept Russian drone signals and recognise that one is flying above the same road they are on but the escape options are shrinking. Ukraine normally catches Moscow off guard but now Russia's summer offensive is shifting the ground beneath their feet, perhaps irreversibly. Nick Peyton-Walsh, CNN, near Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine.

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