High-tech first-person-view (FPV) drones have sharply increased the risks for Ukrainian medics in eastern Ukraine, turning areas up to 20 kilometers from the front line into deadly kill zones as of August 2025. With drones capable of striking both soldiers and evacuation teams, medical vehicles can no longer approach the front as they once did, greatly complicating and delaying evacuations and significantly raising mortality rates among the wounded. Medics now report most casualties result from drone strikes rather than gunfire, with injuries ranging from burns to amputations. This shift has forced crews to become highly mobile, relocate stabilization points, and emphasize self-aid and self-evacuation training for soldiers as they adapt to an environment where immediate medical help is often out of reach.