: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Maimed in war, Ukraine rebels recover in Russia


Former Ukrainian rebel fighter Valery glances down at where his right leg should be as he confronts life’s new reality across the border in Russia. “Hopefully I will get my prosthetic soon and in a month try to learn to walk again with it,” the father-of-one, 40, told AFP, refusing to give his surname as his son lives in government-held territory. A former railway worker, Valery took up arms to battle Ukrainian troops he saw as threatening his home in a war that Kiev and the West accuse Russia of instigating. He fought until a machine-gunner blew off his leg …read more

Source: Egypt Independent

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