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Ready to roll out. so they ve said they got reports one person at least has been injured in a shelling and they re hearing some rockets as well so we re going to see what s going on. the shells hit a residential apartment building. the paramedics need to act fast. russian forces are increasingly hitting the same target twice. it s called a double tap, a horr horrifying strategy to take out rescue workers as they respond. as we see for ourselves. get in, vladimir shout said, faster, faster, faster, we take cover under the stairwell, aleksandra trying to find the wounded person but there s no signal, at that moment, another barrage goes off. ....
First clarissa ward s report. reporter: beginning of a 24 hour shift for paramedics, aleksandra and vladimir vensel, they prepare the ambulance for the carnage that kharkiv residents confront everyday. we have two tourniquets vladimir says, aleksandra s mother stops by the dispatch center to give her daughter a hug. this is one of the most dangerous jobs. every moment together is precious. a loud stream of booms signalled the days work is beginning. that s incoming now, this ambulance worker tells us. aleksandra and vladimir answer the call. she says, the code used when someone has been wounded by shelling. their flack jackets on, they re ....
everybody okay, aleksandra asks? our team member maria has cut up her hands on broken glass. vladimir treats her injuries as aleksandra calls the dispatch again to find where the wounded are. we ve got no connection, we re sitting in the entrance, she says. and they re shelling the shit out of us. the connection keeps dropping. finally, she gets through to the person who called for the ambulance. tell me your damn house number, he says. i repeat, 12-g. i told you a thousands times, he replies. the man is dying. we decide to try to make a run for it. ....
Their shift only half-way through. and clarissa joins us now along with kaitlan collins at the white house, clarissa, first of all, so glad you and your team are safe. it is remarkable to see what these paramedics are doing every single day. can you just talk more about what you witnessed, i mean you saw the ambulance, the window got blown out. do they have enough equipment, enough resources and also, this was just the beginning of their shift, i mean i can t believe they do this everyday. reporter: yeah, it s extraordinary to imagine that they re doing it everyday. i think this was a particularly close-call for them, which they pointed out to us, but still, the risks they take are just off the charts and you mentioned the issue of equipment. it s a really important one. they have one helmet per ambulance and there s a crew of three in each ambulance so you ll notice that aleksandra ....
Brace for the impact . is everybody okay? aleksandra asks, our team member, maria, has cut up her hands on broken glass. vladimir treats her injuries as aleksandra calls the dispatch again to find where the wounded are. we ve got no connection, we re sitting in the entrance, she says. and they re shelling the shit out of us. the connection keeps dropping. finally, she gets through to the person who called for the ambulance. ....