More than 20,000 people in Ukraine have lost limbs because of injuries since the start of Russia’s brutal war there, many of them soldiers
Nervous ahead of their first jiu-jitsu championship, the war veterans gathered in a group to share jokes and help each other tie the belts of their kimonos. Many of them had suffered severe battlefield injuries requiring amputations. Now they were assembled to perform in the “para jiu jitsu” category at the Ukrainian national competition before hundreds of spectators on amphitheater-style benches in one of Kyiv’s sports complexes. .
“Being among their peers is more comfortable for them,” explained Serhii Pohosyan, co-founder of TMS Hub. Just two months into training, five veterans at the TMS Hub gym were ready for the national competition. One of them was 26-year-old Vasyl Oksyntiuk, who lost both of his legs when a shell hit his car near Bakhmut last December during intense battles for the city. Before his match, he carefully removed both of his prosthetics and left them outside the competition area.
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