NATO developing routes for "large-scale evacuation" of wounded soldiers in event of attack by RF - General Sollfrank

The North Atlantic Alliance is developing routes to transport a large number of wounded soldiers to medical facilities in the event of a war with russia.

This was stated by Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, head of NATO's logistics command, in an interview with Reuters.

If there is a conflict with russia, wounded soldiers will not only need to be transported to a greater distance than during other wars in recent years, Sollfrank said. NATO plans to coordinate evacuation routes also using hospital trains, as air evacuation may not be possible. According to Sollfrank, in the event of a war with russia, Western militaries would face a much larger combat zone, more wounded servicemen and even a temporary lack of air superiority near the front lines.

"The challenge will be to quickly provide high-quality care to, in the worst case, a large number of wounded. For planning reasons, all options for transporting large numbers of wounded to medical facilities must be considered, including trains, but potentially also buses," the general said.

Another obstacle to evacuation is the different medical regulations among NATO member countries. Sollfrank believes that what is needed is a "military-medical Schengen" that allows free movement throughout most of the European Union. The general emphasized that the future scenario of medical evacuation will differ from the experience of allies in Afghanistan and Iraq.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, NATO is negotiating the deployment of more nuclear weapons due to the threat from russia and China.

The Armed Forces of Estonia and Finland are developing a plan to block the russian fleet in the Baltic Sea.

In addition, according to media reports, NATO is developing numerous "land corridors" to transfer American troops and armored vehicles to the front line in the event of a major European land war with russia.

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