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Ukrainian veteran completes US Marine Corps Marathon after losing leg fighting Russian occupiers
Ukrainian veteran Roman Kashpur, who lost his leg fighting on the front line and now wears a prosthesis,…
Innovative Ukrainian online platform debuts for professionals assisting amputees
In response to the growing number of amputees in Ukraine due to Russia’s war, a comprehensive online educational…
Ukraine establishes modern prosthetics workshop in Lviv to help civilians and soldiers affected by Russian war
A modern prosthetics workshop has been established in Nezlamni (“unbroken”) National Rehabilitation Center in Lviv. The Center is…
“We joke that if a leg is amputated below the knee it doesn’t count.” Soldiers get advanced prosthetics in Ukraine
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs…
How one Ukrainian inventor is revolutionizing prosthetics and rehabilitation
“The main tools are these: a vice, a drill, a saw with small cutters and this sandpaper,” says…
Soldier uses disability compensation to launch eco-friendly business
After losing both legs at the front, Oleksandr Chalapchy invested all his disability compensation in an eco-friendly business…
Canadian volunteers tackle bureaucracy to develop prosthetics in Ukraine
American, Canadian, and British medics are back to Ukraine. Nine Western professionals are spending two weeks in Lviv…
Life goes on for Ukrainian soldier survivor of Debaltseve battle
Vadim was a medical instructor before he lost his hands and legs in battle in Debaltseve. His story is…
“Give a hand to Ukraine”: an initiative to give free prosthetic hands to Ukrainians that suffered from the Russian invasion
Orest learned how to make prosthetic hands by a new technology and has set up the community Give…