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Andrii Hidzun
Andrii Hidzun, 29 y.o.
Novovolynsk, Volyn Region
From the age of 18 until the day of the full-scale invasion, he worked at a mine in his native Novovolynsk. On March 9, Andrii was drafted into the army. The next day, on March 10, together with his comrades, he was sent to carry out the combat tasks. First He served in the Kyiv region, and then was sent to the Donetsk region, Kirovohrad region, and Mykolaiv region. Near Mykolaiv on April 7 Andrii was injured.
“It was mortar fire. The commander and I were sitting in the car. I, as usual, connected on the military radio . Suddenly, we heard that something exploded near us. We ran out of the car, quickly hid in the trenches, but the attack was very heavy, and we decided to change our dislocation. We ran to the nearest forest, but a mine exploded there”.
Andriy is the only child of his parents. He remembers that the hardest part was not physical pain but to tell his parents about his injury.
“For a long time I could not find words to tell my mother what had happened to me. Three months. I just didn't know how to start, so that she wouldn't take it so painfully. Only dad knew. But I understood that I would not be able to hide. I lost my hand. It was extremely hard, but I had to go home and tell the truth."
A trip to Munich to the office of Open Bionics is one of Andrii's most positive impressions after the injury. He does make decisions for his future. However, one of the first things he will do when he gets a bionic prosthesis is to go fishing with his father and learn how to hold a spinning rod in his new hand.
Andrii Hidzun
Denys Kryvenko
Denys Kryvenko (24 years old) was born and grew up in Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad region. In his hometown, he worked as a moulder at the Metalist factory. He was on vacation when the full-scale invasion started. The man couldn't believe the news until he saw the warplanes in the sky.
First, he helped his mother and his younger brother and sister to get to a safe place, and then he went to the Military Commissariat. It was the beginning of March 2022.
"They took all necessary information from me and told me to wait for a call. In two weeks, they told me to pass the medical check-up. Then the military service started," he recalls.
Denys Kryvenko fought on the front lines as a part of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade. He was injured in January 2023 when with his comrades they defended the road to Bakhmut from the enemy.
"We were covering the retreat of the unit when we came under fire. I realised that I had lost both legs and an arm. I was conscious. My comrades put on tourniquets and carried me 2.5 kilometres to the evacuation point. On the way, I laughed and cried, and said goodbye to them, and sang the national anthem of Ukraine," the soldier shares his memories.
Later, he remembers himself in the intensive care unit. In 5 days he tried to sit down. As soon as he felt the power inside, he started rehabilitation.
"The prosthetist told me to fill out the Superhumans application. I applied to several programs, but Superhumans were the fastest to offer me help. Now I have already received prostheses, and I train every day to return to an active life," says Denys Kryvenko.
The man has many plans. He wants to help defenders with psychological adaptation, and he is preparing to get the necessary education. Also Denys wants to teach the basics of fighting tactics. He also has many dreams. Denys wants to start driving a car as soon as possible, because he likes to do it, and also he plans to ride a bicycle. "I know it is possible and I will achieve it!" - Denys Kryvenko is confident about that.
Denys Kryvenko
Vitaliy Ivashchuk
Vitalii Ivashchuk, 24 y.o
Zhytomyr region Vitalik has a large family - 3 sisters and 2 younger brothers. His 20-year-old brother Oleksandr serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Vitaly himself signed a military contract after his 18th birthday. He wanted to protect his country from school years:
“It started in 2012, when there was Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine. I was a 10th grade school student at the time, not everyone in the village had access to the Internet, so I ran away from the lessons to the teacher's office to watch live broadcasts from the main square in Kyiv, Maidan Nezalezhnosti, on TV. I remember how proud I was of my country, all I wanted is to be there and fight for my future”
And then the war started. At that time the first person I knew to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was my girlfriend's ex-boyfriend. And when he came to the village for the first time wearing his uniform, I tried it on ... Those emotions are impossible to describe! I was so excited, so I decided to be a soldier and to defend my land. Three months after my birthday, I went to the Military Recruitment office and signed a contract."
After 4 months of training, in September 2016, Vitalik went to the front line in the Donetsk region. He served as an APC driver-mechanic. Two years later, Vitalii was injured by an enemy sniper.
“It happened on December 25, 2018. The first feeling, after being injured, was that I lost my hand, because I did not feel it. Later it turned out that the bullet damaged my nerve plexus, so my hand did not function for a long time. The muscles atrophied. I was operated on, stabilized and sent home, like on vacation. There was no rehabilitation at all, because at that time we did not have such rehabilitation centers as there are now.
After two months at home I decided to start my service again. I provided my rehabilitation and recovery by myself: I was doing some exercises for my hand, and trying to lift more and more heavy things. In fact, I made it by myself because there were no other possibilities at that time. I know some guys who have good medical treatment and rehabilitation, and they think it's always been that way, but it was not. Years ago there was not even a hint of such a thing - neither psychological nor physical rehabilitation. None at all.”
“I was in Poland at work. On February 24, at 4:30 in the morning, I came home from the night shift, opened the Telegram, and read that Putin started the war in Ukraine. I watched a video of the first explosions and could not believe - is it really true? I dialed my friend Yurii in Ukraine and asked what was happening. He was still asleep, he answered that nothing was happening, everything was fine. The war started. Wake up, Yurii, I told him.” I could neither eat nor sleep from overreaction. I immediately ordered a ticket to Zhytomyr for 4 pm. They told me in the bus company that I could only go to Lutsk, not to Zhytomyr. It was no longer so important the city - the main thing was that it is in Ukraine! I was going to fight for my country.”
Immediately from the bus, on the morning of February 25, Vitalii went to the Military Recruitment Office in the Zhytomyr region. And two days later, as part of a combat unit, he was sent to deter the enemy in the Zhytomyr region. Then they moved to the Kyiv region - near the Makariv-Borodyanka highway. And after the de-occupation of the region in the spring, they were redeployed to the front line in the east of Ukraine.
“I believed that I was an experienced soldier. As I said, I served in Ukrainian flashpoints, for example Avdiivka industrial zone in March 2017. There were situations when we had close fights, and there were 70 meters between me and the enemy. However I had never seen so many artillery weapons as I saw in 2022. They released a full volley of shells every 1.5-2 minutes. They used "Tornadoes", "Hailstorms"... It was a very strong impression. I realized that until this day I had not fought at all.”
“I was wounded in the next village during a tank assault. Our walkie-talkies were running low, and my brother and I went to take batteries from the soldiers at neighboring positions. I heard that tanks were coming, when they were 200 meters from me. It looked like they were going specifically to our post, but we could not count them. Therefore, I took a grenade launcher and decided to wait behind the bushes until they came out, and I lost the right moment.
“The next day after the amputation, we were getting dressed in the morning. My comrades proposed to help but I wanted to manage myself. I understood that I had to adapt. Well, for 5 minutes, if not more, I put the T-shirt on, I struggled terribly, but I put it on. I don't need help if I don't ask for it myself. If I see that I can't help myself, I will definitely say so.
“After the New Year, we got in touch with Superhumans and almost immediately went to Munich to the OpenBionics office. There we went through all the procedures, showed us how it worked, and gave me a try. When they put on the prosthesis, I didn't want to take it off!!! I was so impressed! Like a baby! Euphoria, ecstasy! How to describe it? Well, you didn't have a hand, but now you do!)) Like a toy in childhood: when you really wanted a toy and they finally bought it for you. You walk with it, eat with it, sleep with it. When I get my prosthesis, the first thing I will do with this hand is a joint and a cup of coffee. Now it is a really complicated process. I can't drink coffee and smoke at the same time (laughs). And after rehabilitation, I will go back to my comrades at the front. In general, I asked my commander to hold a place for me the next day from the hospital. My hand is completely restored, I go to the gym, work on myself. My motivation: to recover and to come back”.
Vitaliy Ivashchuk
Dmytro Lysenko
Dmytro Lysenko (37 years old) lived in the village of Nesteryanka, Zaporizhzhiia region. He was married and had a 6-year-old son. Before the full-scale invasion, he worked as the chief engineer of the utility company "Zhytloservice" in the city of Orihiv. He went to defend Ukraine as a volunteer. At first, he helped to place anti-tank hedgehogs and blocks. Then he fully joined the Ukrainian Army.
"I know my area well, and as they say “my hands are from the right place”. I can assemble and disassemble the car myself. That's why I understood that I would be useful," he says. The family was evacuated to relatives in Zhytomyr Oblast, actually when the occupation started.
He was wounded on duty when together with his comrades came under enemy fire. Despite the pain, he applied a tourniquet and called the driver. Unfortunately, when help arrived, medics could not save his comrades. Dmytro Lysenko was taken unconscious to the Orihiv hospital.
In addition to the lost leg, the man had several other injuries, so he needed multidisciplinary medical assistance. Finally, he was sent for rehabilitation to the "Halychyna" center in Lviv, from where he got prosthetics at Superhumans.
"I want to live peacefully in a free Ukraine," says the defender about his dreams. He adds that he cultivates his share of land in his native village Last year he planned to harvest a new type of wheat. However, no one will collect it now - the land has been shelled and mined.
"Well, it's okay, we'll win and start again," concludes Dmytro Lysenko.
Dmytro Lysenko
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