Around a dozen Ukrainian soldiers who have lost limbs have been given hi-tech prosthetics at a U.S. clinic. While some say they are determined to return to the war front, others struggle to imagine a future for themselves, let alone return to battle
As he considers Friday's first anniversary of the invasion, there is a measure of despair.
Oleksandr Fedun - "Sasha" to his friends - lost both legs last May when his truck, at the head of a convoy in his home region of Zaporizhzhia, set off a landmine. "Despite the injury, despite everything I have to endure, I'm coming back to the army ... I'll fight side-to-side with my comrades," he said.
"Two of my fellow soldiers died, another one was severely injured, and me and another one lost arms."
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