Soldier Mykola Pavliuk, call sign SVIATYI MYKOLAI

I am a soldier Mykola Pavliuk, my fellow soldiers call me SVIATYI MYKOLAI (Saint Nicholas), I was mobilised on 18.04.2022. They did not immediately recruit me into the army because the military enlistment offices in Kharkiv were overcrowded. However, perseverance did the trick. Back when I was younger, I worked as a military paramedic, so during the full-scale invasion I joined the army as a combat medic.

I was injured in the village of Bilohirka, Kherson region. On 29th August, 2022, while performing a combat mission, I came under enemy mortar attack. I sustained a mine-blast injury, gunshot blunt shrapnel wound to the right shoulder, traumatic amputation of the right lower limb and other numerous medical issues.

I did not lose consciousness, felt calm, and administered first aid to myself. I didn't even realise at first that I had lost my leg. I tried to get up to help my comrades and realised that I needed help myself. We were evacuated from the site of the shelling after a while, because there were problems with communication, the radio did not work and there was no mobile connection, so we could not call for help. 

I was brought to a stabilisation centre, where my leg was amputated. Then I was evacuated to Odesa, where I underwent treatment and rehabilitation. I was sent to Ternopil for prosthetics. 
 

I quickly mastered the prosthesis. Unfortunately, I can no longer return to the army. However, the desire to help my fellow soldiers prevails, so I plan to retrain as a prosthetist. I want to help my brothers-in-arms get back on their feet.

I've already got used to moving around on a prosthesis, but unfortunately my new leg failed prematurely. Now I need to get the stump socket repaired and replaced, so I turned to the Citizen Charitable Foundation for help.

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