Two Norwegian volunteers injured in Bakhmut shelling

Sander Sørsveen Trelvik and Simon Johnsen, two Norwegian medics volunteering in Ukraine, were injured during shelling in the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast.

Source: Simon Johnsen and the medics’ relatives in a comment for VG, a Norwegian online newspaper

Details: Johnsen said that on the morning of Thursday, 2 February, he and Trelvik were asked to evacuate several people who sustained injuries during shelling. When the two of them arrived at the designated location, Russian forces opened fire on them.

"They bombed the same place twice. Then they started [firing] on the area when they saw that we were still alive," Johnsen said, adding that several people that accompanied him and Trelvik were killed.

Trelvik's mother said that her son suffered burns to 30-40% of his body and had numerous shrapnel wounds; his internal organs were not affected. Both he and Johnsen have been hospitalised in Dnipro where they will receive further treatment.

Trelvik's mother added that the Norwegian government was preparing to evacuate both volunteers to Norway via Poland.

Representatives of Norway's Foreign Ministry told VG that they were aware of the incident but refused to offer further details.

Bakhmut is under constant attack by Wagner Group mercenaries and has been one of the hottest spots on the frontline for the past several months. Russia claims to have encircled the town, which the Ukrainian side denies.

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