A group of American Special Operations veterans and medical professionals are on the ground in Ukraine, training Ukrainian forces, doctors and civilians in how to address a range of medicine and surgery issues, from treating front-line combat injuries to advanced trauma surgery interventions.
More than 3 million Ukrainian refugees have fled their country to escape the Russian invasion; Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan reports live from Hungary.A group of American Special Operations veterans and medical professionals are on the ground in, training Ukrainian forces, doctors and civilians in how to address a range of medicine and surgery issues, from treating front-line combat injuries to advanced trauma surgery interventions.
GSMSG is on the ground in Ukraine training military personnel, civilians and doctors to treat combat injuries amid Russia's war on the country. Epstein told Fox News Digital that the team has directly trained about 3,000 Ukrainians. Through GSMSG’s"train the trainer" program, though, Epstein said that training has reached 20,000 people in the nearly four weeks since they arrived in Ukraine.
"Additionally, we have provided guidance on mass decontamination in the event of a Russian chemical weapon attack," Epstein said."Our team also, since the beginning of the war, has had the only US surgical presence on the ground inside Ukraine." Epstein told Fox News Digital that the"most important thing" his team provides is"training," saying it"builds a long-term capability that is organic to the Ukrainian forces and population."
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