Soldier Dmytro Nabokov, call sign K.T.N.

I was mobilized in January 2023. Before that, from the start of the full-scale war in February 2022, I was in Kharkiv working in a supermarket. I had decided that if I got drafted, I wouldn’t run away.

After being mobilized, I went to the training center for support forces in Kamianets-Podilskyi, and then to the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade. I started as a rifleman-medic and then was transferred to a combat medic position.

I was injured on January 5, 2024, near the village of Novodonetske in the Donetsk region. While performing a combat mission as part of an engineering group, I stepped on a mine during movement. It happened very quickly—one moment I was walking, then a flash, and I was on the ground. It was evening, but not completely dark. I saw that part of my leg was gone. I began to apply a tourniquet myself, and then a comrade helped tighten it.

We then had to figure out how to evacuate me because we feared there might be more mines (which turned out to be true the next morning), and that the sound of the explosion might attract enemy mortar fire.

During the evacuation, I remained conscious. My comrades helped, and I remembered my training. Luckily, the evacuation vehicle arrived very quickly. The pain started to set in when I was being taken to the medevac, but it wasn’t from the injury itself, rather from the tourniquet.

From there, I went through the brigade’s stabilization point and hospitals in Kurakhove, Pokrovsk, and Dnipro. I finally received treatment in Cherkasy. The doctors did everything they could to save my knee joint, for which I am incredibly grateful.

Currently, in order to return to an active life - to fully master the prosthesis and take the first steps without crutches - I need effective rehabilitation in Kharkiv.

In this regard, I am appealing to benefactors.

 

As part of the "Rehabilitation of Cyborgs" program implemented in Kharkiv, Dmytro completed a comprehensive rehabilitation course.

Rehabilitation was provided jointly by specialists from the Ukrainian Scientific and Clinical Center for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation and the FORTIS Medical and Wellness Center. The course included a 40-day inpatient stay, consultations with doctors, sessions to improve walking skills with a prosthesis, massages, sessions with a rehabilitation therapist in the gym, and much more.

Thanks to the completed rehabilitation, Dmytro improved his skills in using the prosthesis and significantly enhanced his physical condition. His gait has become confident and stable, allowing him to return to an active life without any limitations.

Sincere thanks to Ukraine Charity for their financial support of the "Cyborg Rehabilitation" program. You make it possible for our Heroes to return to active life after severe injuries. Together we are stronger!

 

COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: 54,415.96 UAH