Paramedics checking on servicemen wounded in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.GENYA SAVILOV/ Getty ImagesNATO is planning for the mass transport of wounded troops in case of a war with Russia.NATO could use hospital trains and buses to move injured troops in such an event, a German general told Reuters.The general's comments come amid increasing tension between NATO and Russia.NATO is developing plans to manage the evacuation of large numbers of wounded troops in case of a war with Russia, a senior military officer told Reuters.Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, the commander of NATO's Joint Support and Enabling Command, said that in the event of a war with Russia, Western forces would likely have to contend with different challenges to those they would have experienced in warzones like Afghanistan or Iraq.He said a conflict with Russia would likely involve a larger theater of war and a higher number of wounded troops, as well as challenges to air evacuations posed by Russian air defenses and fighter jets.Sollfrank said the alliance's strategy to move injured troops away from the front lines could, therefore, involve using hospital trains and buses."Air superiority will have to be achieved in the first place.
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