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    The Wider Image: One Ukrainian war amputee’s return to civilian

    Andriy Pylypchuk, 28, a Ukrainian serviceman who lost his legs in a mine blast while fighting Russian forces in 2023, gets ready for swimming practice, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 1, 2023. Initially, while in the hospital in Kharkiv, he was certain that his left leg could be saved. But then complications arose. "When they amputated my right leg, I wasn't particularly upset; I understood that it was minced," he said. "There were no options for recovery. But when they amputated the left one, I was very upset. When I saw that both legs were gone, I got depressed." REUTERS/Thomas Peter
    The Wider Image: One Ukrainian war amputee’s return to civilian
    The Wider Image: One Ukrainian war amputee’s return to civilian

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