'F***ing wrap it up, it's not bleeding any more': Inside Ukraine's frontline Berlingo company where only one in four are in one piece as bodycam footage shows them storming trenches and shooting Russians

Drone pilot Viktor does not see why the Russian invaders deserve to be spared when they are in his sights. 

'Why should we feel sorry for them? They show us no mercy when they come in and kill our people,' he says in searing BBC documentary Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods.

He speaks as shocking footage shows the moment a grenade is released from a drone. 

When it hits the ground and explodes, two Russians who are running for their lives are blasted to the ground. Only one gets up again and continues fleeing. 

Another clip shows a Ukrainian soldier being shot in the finger and collarbone by an enemy hidden amidst the trees. 

He holds up his bloodied finger before the entry wound on his body is examined by a medic in a dugout that evokes memories of the trench conflict of the First World War. 

The new documentary, which aired last night, follows the 99 soldiers from Berlingo company as they defend 500 metres of the 1,500km (around 930miles) front line. The company suffered hardships like no other in the seven weeks that director Jamie Roberts was embedded with them for. 

The soldier, affectionately called 'uncle' was seen being examined in a makeshift dugout after getting shot

Ukraine has been using FPV drones to attack Russian targets

Of the 99 who he started with, ten died, while a further 66 were so badly wounded that they could no longer fight - the company had a casualty rate of 76%. 

It comes more than two years after Vladimir Putin's Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Vovan, the commander of the Berlingo battalion, has nicknames for all his men: Skull, Goblin, Dancer and Guru. 

One of the 99 is female medic Natalia. Before the war she was a vet but now uses her medical knowledge to treat her comrades.

One older man tells her as she bandages him: 'I'm an old man, I will heal like a dog.'

But despite her training, she admits that losing so many people in her company is tough. 

Vovan (pictured) is the commander of Berlingo company 

Medic Natalia (pictured) has been trying to keep the company together

Berlingo company suffered heavy casualities during the seven weeks that director Jamie Roberts was embedded with them 

She told the documentary's creators: 'More than half of them are gone. It's hard for the guys here. I've become more confident, maybe tougher in some ways. Emotionless to certain moments of life.' 

The Ukrainian troops also use FPV (first person view) drones, which they pilot whilst wearing a virtual reality-style headset.

Viktor is seen guiding his deadly machine into a ruined building moments after a Russian drone pilot has sought refuge inside.

The drone flies into the building before exploding.  

'He just walked into the house and we knocked on his door with our FPV,' he says. 

Denys, another drone pilot, adds: 'I don't see them as individuals I can feel sorry for. You came armed to visit your 'brothers' as you call us. 

'Well, as you came, so you will leave.' 

Maxsym, who is just 19, says that more Russians come every day to replace those they have killed.

Berlingo company in a snowy Ukrainian forest with a grenade launcher

Bodycam footage shows the immense damage the Russians are doing to the Ukrainian side.

One clip showed Ukrainian troops dropping bombs on Russian soldiers 

Soldiers fight at all hours of the day to ensure Russia does not break through 

'They just die, but they keep coming and coming and coming.'

Dmytro, a company commander, adds: 'We kill a thousand, they send another thousand.'

But bodycam footage shows the immense damage the Russians are doing to the Ukrainian side.

In one scene, troops are forced to treat a comrades who is groaning in agony after being shot through the left side of his body in the field. 

Through the terror of incoming fire, they manage to joke around, with one soldier asking the injured man, affectionately called 'uncle': 'F*** me, why are you so careless?'

'Uncle' drags himself into a makeshift trench covered in leaves, before running to a deeper trench with more supplies, where his comrades are able to determine that he's been shot through the collarbone and can treat him there. 

One man, known as 'uncle', was shot through the finger and the collarbone

Vlad (pictured) is just 19, but holds a respected position in Berlingo company 

Denis is one of Berlingo's drone operators (pictured) 

Harsh footage shows the man sitting calmly as other soldiers assess the wound, which tore through his collarbone before getting stuck at the back end. 

But in a war of attrition that has seen more nearly 45,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed as of March 2023, according to the UALosses project, the infantrymen simply don't have time to properly treat him. 'Go on, f***ing wrap it up. He's not bleeding any more', one tells the medic. 

Four more troops are then forced to drag him out of combat, putting their own lives at risk as they put their weapons away to pull their comrade first through open fields, before traversing dense thicket, all the while the injured man groans in agony. 

Berlingo company are constantly reminded of their fallen comrades, sleeping above a pile of their personal items in the small home they use as a base on the frontlines. 

As only a few of them can fit in the house at a time, most of the company sleeps out in dugouts in the field, risking their lives so some of them can get warm and eat hot meals. 

Berlingo company are constantly reminded of their fallen comrades

'Uncle' was forced to crawl into a foxhole after he was shot 

Russia's invasion has taken many thousands of lives on both sides, as little progress is being made by Moscow or Kyiv

Outside the bitter conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has been trying to turn the world against Kyiv by spinning the tragic massacre in Moscow in his favour

Those out in the field are under constant threat of Russian fire, and it's up the Berlingo troops to make sure they survive the night. 

On one fateful trip out into the field to check in on two troops, nicknamed Fury and Adidas, after they hadn't been heard from in a long time, Vovan ends up finding their bodies in their dugout. 

Unsure who is behind the small cloth curtain at the entrance of the mini-trench, he slowly pulls it back with his gun up, only to find their long-dead bodies lying next to each other. 

Vovan orders several soldiers to take their remains back to their base, as he sneaks over to the location of two Russian soldiers hiding in their trench. 

The commander can be seen sneaking over to the trench, where the enemy soldiers are shuffling about. 

Against all the odds, he manages to crouch over and fire several rounds into them from just metres away.  

To make sure they were dead, he fired a few more rounds into them, accidentally setting off a grenade they were carrying, which he managed to avoid. 

Running back to a defensive position, he spots a final Russian still alive and kicking. 

Sneaking back to their foxhole, he braces himself and fires several rounds into him, finishing him off. 

Russia's invasion has taken many thousands of lives on both sides, as little progress is being made by Moscow or Kyiv. 

When Russian Defence Ministry Sergei Shoigu was asked on Tuesday whether an additional wave of mobilisation would be required in order to secure a buffer zone protecting Russian territory from Ukrainian attack, called the idea 'nonsense', the state news agency RIA reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said this month that Moscow may need to occupy a buffer zone in order to protect the Belgorod region, which has in recent months come under heavy attack from Kyiv's forces across the border in Ukraine.

Outside the bitter conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has been trying to turn the world against Kyiv by spinning the tragic massacre in Moscow in his favour, claiming that the ISIS terrorists were set to be welcomed in Ukraine as 'heroes.'