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Building 'Mad Max' vehicles for Ukraine's fighters

These buggies are made by a company set up by 29-year-old Musa, who asked to use a pseudonym for safety concerns because his family lives in Russian-annexed Crimea.

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It will be heavily armoured, with huge wheels.

"This is basically a Frankenstein vehicle -- it doesn't exist on the planet," Hossu said.

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A Polish bus has been rebuilt as a mobile hospital where medics can immediately do complex operations.

Next, a former food truck is being converted into a medics' sleep and wash area.

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And a towable boat will be able to evacuate the wounded by water.

Hossu, a former political consultant, has named the project after Oleg Gubal, a Ukrainian soldier who died en route to hospital.

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He knew Gubal personally and wants to stop other families experiencing such grief.

"If something like this would have existed... I'm not saying Oleg would be alive, but it would have been a chance for him to survive," Hossu said.