Soldier Anton

My name is Anton. I am a native of Yevpatoria, Crimea, where all my relatives still reside.

I studied at Kharkiv Aviation University and received a diploma in Rocket and Space Technology. I worked in a university laboratory and enjoyed research. I also loved snowboarding and skateboarding, and I was a diving instructor. Before the full-scale invasion, I worked in the IT field.

In the summer of 2023, I voluntarily went to the front and was deployed to the Kherson region, where I was wounded twice. 

On January 19, 2024, during combat near Krynka on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, I sustained severe injuries including a gunshot shrapnel blind non-penetrating craniocerebral injury to the right temporal region as well as a brain concussion. I also suffered multiple gunshot shrapnel blind injuries to the chin, with a multifragmentary fracture of the lower jaw on the left side, and metal fragments lodged in the soft tissues of my neck and face. Additionally, I had a closed chest injury with bruises on the front wall of the right chest, a firearm shrapnel perforating wound in the right elbow joint area and hand, and a firearm shrapnel blind wound in the left hand causing soft tissue defects in the I-II fingers, along with fractures of the main phalanx of the second finger and the second metacarpal bone. There were multiple firearm shrapnel blind and perforating wounds in the soft tissues of both lower extremities, also with metal fragments present.

I now require the modelling and preparation of a customized patient-specific implant for my lower jaw, using an autograft.

At the request of NextStep Ukraine rehabilitation centre's management, the funds collected during the London Marathon 2024 intended for the rehabilitation of severely injured defenders are directed to help Anton.

 

COLLECTED AND TRANSFERRED: UAH 104,575

 

We would like to thank the London Marathon 2024 team and our partner charity British-Ukrainian Aid organization.

You can support other fundraisers for the wounded on the website of the Citizen Foundation - https://ctzn24.com/en/heroes 

or on the website of the London Marathon: 

- https://2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/oleksii--rudenko

- https://2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/heorhii-roshka

- https://2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/viacheslav-kulakovskyi