Soldier Dmytro Kuryliak

My name is Dmytro Kuryliak. From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, when the enemy invaded our homeland, I had no doubt that it was necessary to defend my native Ukraine. On the 25th of February 2022, I voluntarily mobilised and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I was assigned to the 79th Air Assault Brigade.

Our unit took part in the defence of Mykolaiv, and then we were sent to Eastern Ukraine.

On the 24th of April, 2022, while performing a combat mission, I was wounded in the village of Iampil, Donetsk region. I am grateful to my comrades-in-arms, they saved me, administered first aid and immediately evacuated me to a hospital in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. I was conscious after being wounded, so I remember well the accurate and well-coordinated actions of the guys who gave me a chance to live. Then I was transported to the Mechnikov Regional Clinical Hospital in Dnipro. Then several surgeries followed, and long-term treatment in Vinnytsia. A year later, I underwent another operation. 

All this time, I have been fighting for a chance to get back on my feet and regain mobility in everyday life. I have a lot of work ahead of me. At the moment, I need rehabilitation at the Zakhidnyi Rehabilitation and Sports Centre of the National Committee for Sports for the Disabled People of Ukraine.
 

COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: UAH 90,000