Overview
- Multiple outlets cite frontline reports of a growing number of cases in Ukraine, initially highlighted by the Telegraph and echoed by German media.
- Russian drone attacks are reported to hinder medical evacuation and supplies, creating delays that allow infections to take hold in deep, contaminated wounds.
- Clostridium perfringens and related bacteria thrive in low‑oxygen tissue, producing toxins and gas that rapidly destroy muscle and soft tissue.
- Experts estimate that roughly one‑third to one‑half of patients die even with treatment, and that mortality approaches nearly 100% without rapid care.
- Specialists judge the risk of wider spread in countries like Germany to be low, noting isolated civilian cases can occur and that reliable case counts from the war zone remain limited.