Soldier Oleksandr, call sign DID (meaning OLD MAN)

In 2019, I became a contract anti-aircraft gunner of the 1st Siverskaya Separate Tank Brigade under contract with the sole desire to end the Anti-Terrorist Operation as soon as possible.

We faced 24.02.2022 on the borders of our country close to Belarus in the territory of the unit's deployment. We fought back on the Gostomel highway, then withstood the defence of Chernihiv region and were transferred to strengthen the eastern borders in Donetsk region.

On 30.04.2022, during a combat mission to prepare combat positions near the village of Komar, Volnovakha district, Donetsk region, I received a gunshot multiple shrapnel wound from an unknown enemy explosive device. The explosion occurred on my right side and I sustained injuries to my head, right eye, upper and lower extremities, gunshot breaks of both bones of my right shin, traumatic amputation of Ⅰ-Ⅲ fingers of my right hand.

When the explosion occurred, I did not immediately understand what had happened, I asked my brothers-in-arms what was wrong with them, if they were okay. But then I started to lose consciousness.... The guys immediately rushed to provide first aid, applied several tourniquets, which allowed me not to lose too much blood.

For this I am very grateful to them!!!

And then I was taken to the nearest hospital in Kurakhove town, but being in a very serious condition, I was immediately evacuated to Mechnikov Dnipro Central Clinical Hospital to the intensive care unit of the polytrauma department. Then I was taken to the Main Military Clinical Hospital in Kyiv, and, for more advanced treatment, was evacuated to the Trondheim Clinic in Norway.

In Norway, I received the necessary treatment and rehabilitation, after which I more or less started walking with crutches, and immediately returned home to Ukraine, to my native Kharkiv.

In total, I underwent 19 operations, including 3 amputations, namely the amputation of my right forearm at the level of the lower third and amputation of my right thigh at the level of the middle-lower third, and the amputation of my right eye. When the subject of amputations came up, I realised that it was necessary to save myself.

The most important thing is that I am alive!!!

Now I urgently need a prosthetic right upper limb and further rehabilitation. Unfortunately, the funds allocated by the state are not enough to buy the prosthesis with a myoelectric hand that I need. Therefore, I am forced to turn to a charity for help.

Our country needs help, any kind of help, to WIN!!! I believe that after the prosthesis, I will be able to help people like me in further adaptation to the NEW kind of life we got.

 

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