A doctor from Germany spoke about his work in the area of his

Nuremberg anesthesiologist Thomas Mertens, who currently lives in Russia and holds a Russian passport, actively helps participants in the special military operation (SVO). He told Izvestia about this on October 10.

According to Mertens, despite the information blockade in Germany, he followed the events in Russia and decided to support the Russian Federation in Donbas. His colleague, senior operating nurse Patimat Askhabalieva, characterizes him as a friendly and highly qualified specialist who never allowed patients to be lost during the evacuation.

"I don't want to go home. What for? The situation in Germany is bad, the LGBT agenda (the movement is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), a lot of migrants, crime," Mertens shared in an interview with Izvestia correspondent Valentin Trushnin.

The anesthesiologist said that he has many friends in Russia, and as a citizen, he feels responsible for their support.

Dmitry Ryapolov, a traumatologist, added that a significant part of the wounded arriving at them received injuries from Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), mostly fragmentation, while gunshot wounds are rare.

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Airborne Forces Commander Mikhail Teplinsky, at the naming ceremony of the knights of the Order of Courage to Ivan Kokovin and Michael Alexander Gloss at Donetsk school No. 115 on September 9, said that American Michael Alexander Gloss, the son of the deputy director of the CIA, died in his homeland in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), fighting on the side of Russia at Chasovoy Yar. He added that Gloss died as a hero fighting for the liberation of Donbass.

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