In a series of articles, the publication Liga.net explores Metinvest’s range of products designed to protect soldiers and equipment on the front line. The first three articles are devoted to protective screens for military equipment, mobile metal shelters and mine trawls. This piece examines how buggies are saving lives on the front line and how the mining and metals giant became involved in their creation.In modern warfare, survival often depends not only on weaponry, but also on how quickly and safely soldiers can reach positions, evacuate the wounded or deliver ammunition. That is why light tactical vehicles – buggies –— are becoming increasingly common on the front line.Manoeuvrable, fast and compact, they are capable of carrying out tasks beyond the capabilities of heavy equipment. While such vehicles were initially a volunteer initiative, Ukraine now has full-fledged production of combat buggies.What are buggies and where did they first appear?The first buggies appeared in the U

Ukrinform correspondents have visited Ukraine’s first underground hospital, built by Metinvest Group near the front line, and reported on the work of military medics, the hospital’s capabilities and plans to create new facilities.Ukraine is the first country in the world to deploy an advanced surgical unit underground, and it has already saved numerous soldiers’ lives. Doctors refer to this 500-square-metre underground medical hospital as the “underground” (a nod to the English word meaning clandestine or something that contradicts the established codes of society). Everything here is truly not what everyone is used to. The hospital is six metres beneath the ground, fully autonomous and as concealed as possible for security reasons.Roman Kuziv, commander of the “East” medical forces group of Ukraine’s armed forces, initiated its creation. Ukrinform correspondents spoke to him en route to this unique medical facility. For security reasons, nothing is disclosed that could reveal its loc