Volodymyr, who signed up to the Ukrainian army on day one of the war, was almost killed by Russian shelling in the fierce fighting around the eastern city of Bakhmut
, and since Ukraine began to regain territory to the south, has transformed into something of a totem. Its tactical importance is far outweighed by its symbolism to both sides.“I was wounded on 5 August near Bakhmut,” he says in a manner so casual you would have thought he was talking about a slight graze. It was anything but.
While his life was no longer in immediate danger, it seemed certain that he would lose his arm. However, the tenacity of Ukrainians does not merely exist on the battlefield. In the most difficult of conditions, its doctors can perform miracles, too. A year on from the beginning of Mr Putin’s second invasion of Ukraine – no one in the country forgets the annexing of Crimea in 2014 even if the world turned a blind eye – Russia has little to show for it.
“Putin managed to deceive the Russian people with propaganda and lies about Ukraine being a fascist state. There are no fascists in Ukraine. I speak Russian, like half of Kyiv. Like half of Ukraine. I have never experienced any harassment of Russian-speaking people during my three years in Ukraine.”
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