More than 1,000 civilians in Ukraine have been wounded by landmines since Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion. While doctors help victims, deminers are working to find and safely remove the mines.
A Ukrainian man thought he'd cleared his garden after he and his wife found a dozen landmines. He was wrong. There was a 13th landmine in Ihor Bogoraz's garden at his summer home on the outskirts of Izium, one of the millions of landmines spread across Ukraine . 'I stepped on it and it exploded instantly,' he said in Ukrainian. 'And that's it — no leg.'Since our visit, he's received a prosthesis. His son is serving in the Ukrainian army.
'When you have patients and you're the only doctor or the only person who can treat them, I didn't understand how you could leave,' he said in Ukrainian.About a week into the war, Izium's Central Hospital was bombed, crippling medical services in the city. Russia's six month occupation began a month later, and many civilians and medical staff fled. Dr. Kuznetsov stayed – and kept the hospital open.
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