Artemovsk, once a backwater known for a salt mine and wine, has become the centre of Ukraine's mismanaged but dogged war effort. Inside the hospital, the trauma ward is filled with wounded from the battle for Debaltseve, some 45km (28 miles) to the south-east.
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Ukrainian army soldiers resupply their battalion at the gate of Debaltseve, in the Donetsk Oblast, on Feb. 3, 2015.
