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Rehabilitation
Dmytro was severely wounded during a combat mission; 70% of his body sustained burns, and his lungs and hearing were damaged. Doctors initially gave him a very small chance to survive.
He continues his long road to recovery while dreaming of his future, which includes starting a family and building a home life. Given a 20% chance of surviving his injuries, he succeeded.
Nine-year-old Roman Oleksiv participates in a dance competition in Lviv. He is wearing a special mask after undergoing extensive treatment for burns to his entire body sustained in July 2022 as a result of a Russian missile attack on Vinnytsia. December 2, 2023.
A Ukrainian defender who lost both legs in the war is working with a rehabilitation therapist after receiving prosthetics at the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center in Lviv. May 3, 2023.
Vladyslav, 22, is undergoing rehabilitation in a hospital in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, after Russian captivity. July 7, 2022
Since the first days of the full-scale Russian invasion, Vladyslav had been in the city of Mariupol. While moving between Ukrainian positions, he was injured by mines. He underwent surgery in a bunker in one of the city’s hospitals. Later, in Russian captivity, Vladyslav was transferred to hospitals several times but did not receive proper postoperative care.
Before the full-scale war, Vladyslav weighed 70 kg. On June 29, 2022, he was released from captivity, and the man weighed 50 kg due to his injuries and poor or no nutrition.
Two Ukrainian soldiers, Viacheslav Levytskyi and Serhii Potremai, in the rehabilitation hospital. May 23, 2023.
Viacheslav and Serhii met in Russian captivity in March 2023. Viacheslav was barely alive at the time of his capture: he was shot in the legs and abdomen, and, in seven days and nights of moving from trench to trench in the hope of being rescued by his fellow soldiers, he froze his hands off. Viacheslav underwent amputation of all his limbs in Chechen captivity: his arms and legs were already affected by gangrene and could not be saved. It was here that he met Serhii, who became his arms and legs in the hospital and then in Chechen basements, waiting for the exchange.
On June 11, 2023, Vyacheslav and Serhii were among 95 Ukrainian soldiers released from captivity and finally got to a hospital with the necessary conditions for treatment and rehabilitation.
Dmytro was severely wounded during a combat mission; 70% of his body sustained burns, and his lungs and hearing were damaged. Doctors initially gave him a very small chance to survive.
He continues his long road to recovery while dreaming of his future, which includes starting a family and building a home life. Given a 20% chance of surviving his injuries, he succeeded.
Stanislav worked as an airplane operator with no military experience prior to Russia’s invasion. After the war began, he joined the army. Trained in combat positions, he was responsible for shells in the artillery howitzer system.
Stanislav sustained shrapnel wounds to his legs. After being evacuated and hospitalized, he underwent two surgeries, including the amputation of his right leg. A man has since learned to walk with a prosthesis and made plans to rejoin his fellow soldiers at the front.