Ukrainian amputee soldiers get replacement limbs but must rebuild lives


SILVER SPRING, Md. (Reuters) - Around a dozen Ukrainian soldiers who have lost limbs fighting Russian invaders have been given hi-tech prosthetics at a clinic in Silver Spring, on the outskirts of Washington D.C.

While some say they are determined to return to the front to defend their homeland despite their injuries, others struggle to imagine a future for themselves, let alone return to battle.

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