Up to 50 thousand Ukrainians lost one or more limbs since the beginning of the full-scale war
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These figures can be compared with the scale of amputations during the First World WarThis was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing data from prosthetics companies, doctors and charitable organisations.

About 50,000 Ukrainians have lost one or more limbs since Russia started its the full-scale invasion in February 2022. The Houp Foundation, a charity organisation, cites data that 200,000 people were seriously wounded during the war, with about 10% needing amputations. Some people do not have their limbs amputated for weeks or even months after being wounded. At the same time, to avoid atrophy and other problems, patients need to receive new limbs no later than 90 days after amputation.

The original article is paywalled (12ft and archive don’t appear to help): https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-ukraine-a-surge-in-amputations-reveals-the-human-cost-of-russias-war-d0bca320

  • exapsy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    War is hell. Please, let’s support Ukraine after the war. It’s a literal warcrime, not one but many, what Russia as a nation has done to Ukraine just over some land that it doesn’t own. From stealing children, to fake elections and votes, to literally killing civilians in random areas.

    I dont know if I can promise, I dont like promises, I like actions. But I would like to think of myself making actions in Ukraine that would help people there to rebuild their cities, their civilization again and get away from fucking Russian state.

    I dont hate Russians. I dont have hatred towards people. I have hate towards state of minds. Hate towards propaganda. I’m sure people fighting in the war right now who already have PTSD and are without limps most of them probably didn’t wanted to be part of this if they really knew what they were doing. Everybody likes to think they’re on the good side.