How Ukraine's war wounded repair their lives - BBC News
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Warning: This report contains scenes some viewers may find distressing.
The number of amputees across Ukraine is soaring as the country makes small gains in its counter-offence against Russia.
15,000 amputees were recorded in the first half of this year, according to the Department of Health in Kyiv.
Andrii Smolenskyi is one of those hurt while serving in Ukraine's armed forces, and is on the road to recovery, with his wife Alina Smolenska by his side.
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Watching these stories of inner strength and sacrifice reminds me to appreciate my life. No matter what I am dealing with in my life, it is not this unjust war. My heart goes out to the Ukrainians.
Both sides are suffering, war is horror, i appreciate my life and to be with my wife, i am so thankful
Exactly . Even start feeling guilty as so many perspective hits you in overwhelming manner .
@@FM.......yes, & not just this war, but suffering all over the world. It certainly makes one count their blessings
@@Cedawood true and nobody see the war in armenia, they are between Turkey and azerbajan and are helpless, i saw a Video of an captured armenian man getting beheaded with a knife by an azerbajan soldier, they even take the clothes off of dead armenian women and make Videos of the corpses
Watching this reminds me how we maimed millions of innocents in Iraq and Afghanistan yet think did heroic things.
It is sad that those who have bunkers and high powered security could cause so much misery. The ordinary man on the streets feel it
Putin is Russia's worst enemy.
see ukraine, NATO support is limited, fail to eliminate putin now means ukraine is caput
the rich in ukraine pay a corrupt official 10k not to get drafted
@@handler007You have been saying that for almost 2 years, why are your predictions so wrong? Ukraine is slowly but surely regaining ground, what ever happened to we will have Kiev within the week? Now you seem to be on track to lose Zaporizhzhia. What's next? Mariupol? Crimea? How long will the Russian people support a loser dictator who has so badly mismanaged a war that he himself started? How much Ruzzian blood is enough? Ruzzia will ultimately end up paying a high price once this war is over, you will see. The young man in the video, look at all he lost, there will be a need for compensation, and the loser will have no choice but to pay.
You mention Putin, you should write that it's sad that one evil monster Putin can cause so much misery, and NATO simply watching then they should already interfere and k it's midget bunker rat.
These people are amazing. My tears and hat off to amazing people
see ukraine, NATO support is limited, fail to eliminate putin now means ukraine is caput
@@handler007 first to go geriatric joe
There are tens of thousands of young Ukrainian men that are deserters and are now living in Ireland. Living it up in the nightclubs and bars every night. They laugh at the ones that have stayed and joined the army and they hate Zelensky. I wish he would take them home. We the Irish people don't want them.
This story brought tears to my eyes but at the same time i was moved by there love for each other something putin cannot destroy i wish Andri and Alina all the very best for there future ❤ from 🇬🇧 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
see ukraine, NATO support is limited, fail to eliminate putin now means ukraine is caput
@@Mr.Clownensky it would not have happened if Putin had not ordered the Illegal invasion of a sovereign democratic country 🤡
they will fight to the last ukranian for the US deep state, and no american lives lost
@@handler007 how exactly
Sbaaah baaah NAZI Cokaini! I support the current thing.
What a sheep.
You can take his arms, you can take his sight but you'll never take his courage or the love he has for his country. Bless them. ❤️
Heroyam Slava 🇺🇦
@@secularsekai8910 👍👏👏
He and his wife in different ways are both awesome people. Shame on Putin for changing their world forever.
😂😂😂😂or the US hypocrite!
@@WombatsDig Shame on Bush for changing Iraquis lives forever....HIPOCRITE!!
My prayers for all the innocent people suffering in the war. Whether it be Russia or Ukraine.❤
Innocent people don't deserve dying😢.
😢
He was not innocent.
It's important to recognize that in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, one party, Russia led by Putin, initiated the conflict by unjustly declaring it for his own interests and to boost his own image as a strong leader, instead of taking genuine action in improving the deteriorating quality of life of the Russian population. Putting both Ukraine and Russia on the same level in terms of innocence overlooks this crucial fact. When assessing the situation, it's essential to acknowledge that one side bears a significant responsibility for the conflict's outbreak, while the other is defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
F..k Russia. They are murderers and we are all watching
Prayers don't help him to grow a pair of limbs.
What a wonderful wife and couple. Absolute best wishes to both of you. Hope you stay together and stay strong two beautiful people 💞
Huge Respect to this brave man.
😂😂😂
What a brave man! My brother lost most of his vision when he was fighting in Afghanistan
I can't control my tears hearing the couple also had a reflection upon my life how cowardly I am wasting my youth . They are so positive and strong with so much love and smile all around evem after the horrible events
Yep enjoy your youth while you have it because one day you are going to think back and have regrets .
Atleast you got fingers to type this.
see ukraine, NATO support is limited, fail to eliminate putin now means ukraine is caput
No ceasefire, no peace talks, men dont learn from history . ...speak to the Afghanistan, Vietnam veterans
This is absolutely horrifying and devastating . We all know war going around back in our head completely being desensitized to it but then again this clips puts some light on devastating consequences on human lives behind statistics . Absolutely waste of so many lives in totality
All wars or just this one where white people are dying.
Meanwhile the Russian wives are flocking to Western dating sites, and spending their husbands injury or death payout money on flights to come to date us cool Western men, Probably because we are much better lovers. I haven't had to spend.a cent! I Have had 3 Russian wives already.
I never see Ukrainian women, probably because they are more loyal
I honestly never feel it so sad to see this 😔
We need peace ✌️
Yes sad. May Allah help them.
❤️🩹🙏🏻❤️🩹
Alena, you are a real angel and hero. I wish more women were like you ❤️❤️❤️
She will abandon this monster
@@comrade9374 Yeah she will go to Germany and find a new Daddy. If she's not an actor or something. SAD
I wish less were like her. She is a nazi like her husband.
@@comrade9374 Sounds like you're projecting the fact that you have never been truly loved by anyone, onto others. How sad.
@@luciusdomitiusaurelianus1024 same comment I just wrote applies to you. You don't seem to have ever been loved.
This is the reality of war😢
What a brave man even after fighting in the battle field.
He is fighting for the American Empire
@@WingkKongyes very true
the pawns are living with their delusions.
Say no war
I am so sorry for all the Ukrainian people
Those are victims of scapegoating by Ukrainian regime.
Actually, this is love.❤
Andrie we support you from Philippines, be strong
War is always dirty.
It would be fantastic if politicians are made to feel this pain.
Salute to faithful and dedicated wife.
Pro tip: Never go to war in real life, I've died thousands of times in call of duty and I'm in perfect health right now life is good ima get drunk YOLO!
Losing two eyes and two arms , half of your hearing is death at 80%. I feel bad for that guy.
This brave veteran doesn’t feel sorry for himself. He is a role model for all handicapped and fully abled.
This is not true. No matter what anyone would say, no one wouldn't feel sorry and sadness for himself/herself. I feel extremely sad for this brave guy. @@teresalegler2777
Yeah, but his soul is 100% alive
NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER GO TO WAR (You only have one life, so live it well),,,,escape your regime if you can or hide to avoid being sent to war,,,,it is better to live a healthy man vs. being broken the rest of your life,,
Wow so women like this still exist on this planet hmmm true love man despite your situation you have a true friend besides you ❤
Meanwhile the Russian wives are flocking to Western dating sites, and spending their husbands injury or death payout money on flights to come to date us cool Western men, Probably because we are much better lovers. I haven't had to spend.a cent! I Have had 3 Russian wives already.
I never see Ukrainian women, probably because they are more loyal
Sad, prayers for the injured & dead, hope war ends soon.
STOP SENDING WEAPONS!
WHY DIDN'T NAZIELENSKY AGREE TO MINSK AGREEMENTS? IT WAS A VERY GOOD CHOICE!!! FOR PROFIT, FOR WAR, FOR THE US ESTABLISHMENT!
@@DownWithZionistKremlin sheep happy St.tractor day 05.08 🚜
Wow this very touchy😢
All of you are our hero, we be with all of you my friend.
U are all together in warm beds))
The Boy is still smiling at Her!
167 Ethiopian, 11 domalian soldiers and 55 Al shabaab terrorists killed in one week of fighting
And nobody talk about it
The psychological shadow of a soldier after the war is enough to destroy his life
Ukraine started it in 2014.
@@robshepherd3782
2022
@@sallylawprettygirl 🤡
@@robshepherd3782 Another russian puppet. Why don't you go and join them in the frontlines, do us all a favor and get fked by saint himars. Loser
@@robshepherd3782 russia started it by invading Crimea, and sending little green man to Lugansk and Donbas.
What Ukraine did was get rid of pro-russian government puppets.
God bless them 🕊️🙏❤️
im crying 😢
It is heartbreaking.
Me too . Cried when I saw this today.
That’s messed up
The worst is yet to be disclosed. These figures are upto June. After the counter offensive maximum damage must have occurred. God take mercy.
Those Ukrainian soldiers fought bravely and their revenge against evil is to live
They fought for the american way.
They must go back to the Frontline
"evil"? do you mean the WEF?
They are the evil and people like you who support them are evil.
They fought to promote interests of Blackrock and corporate America
Still better off than those maimed in Iraq and Afghanistan by us.
Alina is a real woman with heart and Andrei brilliant man
Ukrainians are incredibly strong and UNBREAKABLE people! Weapons is all they need. It's such a shame there's so much delays on it(((
Especially the 7 million women who fled and left behind their sons and husbands
I would not be able to deal with a trial like that. If something like that ever happened to me, I would not wish to continue living.
I simply cannot understand how he thinks.
The overwhelming amоunt of approving and cheering соmments by ordinary Russians in response to videos about the atrocities committed against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine were equally as shocking to Ukrainians as the war itself.
We somehow became accustomed to the war, but the realization of who we have been living alongside all this time without even knowing it is still horrifying.
Those sаvаgеs referred to themselves as our brоthеrs.
Just imagine what they would do to you, who they саІІ their enemies, if given the chance.
Engaging in negotiations with Russia is lіkе negotiating with ЕbоІа vіrus. That's why any peace agreement lacking a clear victory for Ukraine is nothing but a temporary сеаsеfire.
Copy pasta bot.
Boris saw to that!
ukro bot
He was not a civilian or a POW. He was a soldier in an army that attacks civilians, and has done since 2014, and kills POWs.
If he is not a nazi why was he serving in a nazi battalion.
War is peace.
one of the saddest things I have ever seen but also so inspirational. I will be there in 2024. Slava Ukraine
God bless them ❤😢❤
Breaks my heart ❤️ to see Ukrainian amputated legs 🦵 extremely disturbing
GOD have mercy to people of UKRAINE...GOD, i am praying to you to protect the people of UKRAINE from violence of WAR...
15000 men and barely some women maybe 1 or 2. Get that right.
Very sad to watch this. May God help him...
Saddened. We don't want a world war III
If this conflict happen after Ukraine joining nato
We Will have a very big ww3
You should thank Putin
We still do not have a very big ww3
God bless this chap wish I could help you
Love from uk brave soldier, beautiful wife, you havegod bless you
400 hundred thousand men died, 20,30k wounded
Ukraine ☝
400.000 😂 keep repeating the usual lie! 😂
@@loredanatagliaferri5339its true, why you laughing? Nothing funny
@@FM....... funny that people keep repeating this figure 400.000, gimme your source please.
@@loredanatagliaferri5339 every human that died is one human too much
@@loredanatagliaferri5339 dont talk about a war that you dont know, i know ukrainian and russian people which lost family members in this war
Against all odds, the Spirit of the Cossack - 👍👍👍
Prayer for Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏
Prayer for Vietnam, Panama, Somalia, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Lybia, Afghanistan
Natos fault
Yes. Fault that they didn’t allowed Ukraine to join NATO straight after Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. They thought that Russia is not the danger any more. Definitely big crucial mistake.
This man has a very beautiful wife with a very big heart
So sad and so disappointed that such a war can continue while the world watches.Have we learned nothing from history? Unfortunately war is big business! Sadly, so is poverty these days!
Some of us did. Thats why we support Russia destroying nazism.
Yes you're right. Why is NATO still sitting on their asses while watching Ukraine burns?
Agree.
I would 100% draft dodge. Respect to them but not for me.
So sad to see
Andriy god bless your soul 🙏💛💙
Let you enjoy it on your own.
This is sad....no human should suffer let's sit and talk
for "democracy" for american and western values, nice.
Sorry for peoples of Palistin Kashmir Ukraine Russia Morocco Libya
Why sorry for russian occupants? Logic?
May Almighty God be with the couple and everyone in Ukraine. Stronger than the ever no matter how. Slava Ukrainian
I love you man, God bless you..
And didn't you find someone prettier on the BBC, and it's somehow unpleasant to look at IT?
The bbc women can dirty talk with serious newsreader voice like pros tho
So much suffering. So many lives ruined. Just please end this war 😢
Nothing good comes from war.
Thank you all for fighting for America 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
No problem. You are welcome
very true 😂😂👍🏼
Vicroria NuLand says You are welcome
100% true😅😂😂🇮🇳
Meanwhile the Russian wives are flocking to Western dating sites, and spending their husbands injury or death payout money on flights to come to date us cool Western men, Probably because we are much better lovers. I haven't had to spend.a cent! I Have had 3 Russian wives already.
I never see Ukrainian women, probably because they are more loyal
All for what? What did they gain?
They gained nothing tangible, only the sympathetic words from western people.
The fact that there are so much higher numbers of amputees shows how far combat medicine and equipment has advanced since ww2. Back then, a wound like that would likely have been fatal. That's why there were less, most of them didn't make it to achieve amputee status.
PEACE ASAP
None “Repair” shattered bodies. Certainly not those profiting off the war and getting the oil contracts ready to sign.
Sanity isn't dead yet, thank you for saying that aloud
Casualties of WAR
Andre, as a musician myself, & having lost my singing voice twice due to life threatening illness (COVID was one of the times), I understand the frustration of losing your voice. It will take even more hard work on your part, but you can get it back. I would highly recommend getting a speech therapist & a vocal coach to help you as soon as it's possible. In the meantime, just 15-20mins singing practice per day (with one day off each week) can work wonders in itself. Don't worry about how bad it sounds to you, the practice & hard work will pay off. Then you will enjoy all the benefits of singing again.
That is such a nightmare. How can one even live and find joy in life after that? You'll just be existing and become a burden.
Never, life will be always pain and horror, only death will end his suffering
I don't care how brave this guy or his pitiful wife pretends to be. Woe betie Nurland, porechenko, and Zelensky.
What an incredible couple.
We never had soldiers surviving triple amputation injuries until the recent war in Iraq, simply because a blast sufficient to take three limbs always used to kill the victim. Double amputation injuries were also fatal more often than not. Now we have body-armour that protects the vital organs even when the limbs are lost. But many young people who are thus injured go through periods of wishing they had died anyway. It is understandable. I have witnessed it first hand and it is heart-breaking. I am pleased to see this young man is still full of a love for life.
They look so happy
..sometimes it is only in the darkness that we see the light in the human heart.
Blame NATO
To the last Ukrainian.
How will Ukraine take care of all of these people after the war??? Just sad kabuki....
how when there is bbc?
Judging by how many of our service people are on the streets there is going to be a huge generation of severely messed up people once they have lost the war
Troll end idiot amazing
With all their difficulties the sun still shine in Ukraine
I despise people in the comments who make bizarre statements of relativism of "I feel bad for all innocents, Russian or Ukrainian." These sorts of comments are degrading of the fact that Russian soldiers have invaded and are crippling Ukrainians. This is one of the rare times in history that all of the blame belongs to one side.
Ok Propagandist
@@TheSrijitMajumder What part of what I said is propaganda? Do you actually think it is morally acceptable for the Russians to invade the entirety of Ukraine, attempting to topple the government?
America has been expanding It's power to the east for the past 30 year
Just like Napoleon and Hitler
And you expect Russia will not do anything to stop it
You probably never study European history
Read the struggle for mastery in Europe by ajp Taylor
Wake up.
@@WingkKong Expanding "influence" does not demand murder and destruction. If Russia doesn't like expanding influence, they should "influence" Ukraine. At the end of the day, you're making excuses: if country A influences country B, country C is justified to murder country B? That's insane.
Amazing eye watering zeal. I wish he becomes as normal as he can, so much pain and suffering for nothing. May the war end soon.
No patch of land is worth a limb. Make peace.
Have the NATO not sent weapon to Ukraine ,the loss would be much less to Ukrainian people . There are prolonged tragedies thanks for the "aid" from NATO.
Make a documentary on the lives of children men and women injured disabled amputated by US NATO bmbings in Syria Iraq Afghanistan Libya.
And Yemen.
Afghanistan was terrorist, they deserved it. And Syria they only bombed ISIS. Libya and Iraq was stupid, sure.
This tragedy of having so many well respected warriors among the "disabled" population, could be the opportunity for societal mind shift regarding people with disabilities. Ukraine,, aming many other "Eastern " European nations, historically have not dedicated alot of resources on accessibility & services for those with disabilities.
It seems the Ukrainians have this opportunity to make changes from new infrastructure being most accessible, city planning re: accessible sidewalks, intersections, social facilities & businesses also will want to have accessibility featues. As these youth return to society, with their pre-war education & skills, perhaps businesses want to be accomodating in order to retain these brilluant, dedicated & brave youth.
Perhaps out of this tragic war will rise new societal attitudes, with greater accomodation & acceptance. Which positively impacts all of us with disabilities.
Perhaps this isn't "just wishful thinking"...
My heart goes out to those martyred soldiers & wounded but I'll never support this American War 😡
Same, war for profit= I don't support.
It is pleaser for Russian propaganda to hear such comments.
@@nadiaz3171 Don't you realize this is an emotional propaganda targeted to you when Ukraine's losing so many men on the battlefield and taking a few abandoned villages here and there?
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Pray for the Israeli war crimes victims (children men and women) of Palestine.
Pray for the victims badly injured and disabled by bombings of NATO in Afghanistan Libya Syria and Iraq
When will the horror end? This is such a waste of humanity. This grieves me.
Wow. Why don't you show some dramatic footage of the poor civilian people of Afghanistan, Palestine and Libya too. Don't forget them, they are human too...
For The American point of view
That is not their concern
That's how you know the media is biased and is only interested in pushing a narrative and trying to manipulate people's opinions.
Responsible are those who encourage Ukraine to fight without giving them sufficient hardware to win and stop the war -
lord bless and keep thee people please