Military medics of the Russian Africa Corps try to stay within the "golden hour" when providing care to the wounded, including by evacuating them to the hospital by helicopter, a corps surgeon with the call sign Drake told TASS. "Our equipment, our capacity, and our specialists allow us to help a person, as military medics say, during the so-called ‘golden hour.’ He added that rapid evacuation is a particular priority, and wounded from remote areas are evacuated by helicopter whenever possible. Corps doctors are also providing medical assistance to Malian army soldiers and local residents injured during fighting. In response, the Malian army, supported by the African Corps, repelled the attackers.