A prosthetics clinic in Minneapolis is helping soldiers from Ukraine who have lost limbs due to Russian attacks.
From the front lines, a group of Ukrainian war amputees recently arrived at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. They were greeted like heroes by dozens of adoring locals — many of many of them of Ukrainian heritage.
"Each time we see these people, we need to say to them: 'Thank you for your service. Thank you for those peaceful skies that we have above us'" said Yakov Gradinar, the co-founder and chief medical officer of the foundation. When Russia invaded his native country, Gradinar, who's been a prosthesis maker in America for 15 years, felt an intense desire to help.What started as a small operation from his kitchen is now a state-of-the-art clinic, which includes a gym for physical therapy. The foundation, which relies on donations, pays for everything: Travel, lodging and the entire rehab treatment.The new group of soldiers, the 12th to arrive at the foundation from Ukraine, includes men with harrowing war stories.
Another soldier, 35-year-old Dmytro Starikov, tells Scripps News he stepped on a Russian mine in the Donetsk region. Since its creation in 2022, the Protez Foundation has spent roughly $1.7 million fitting around 90 Ukrainians with new prosthetic devices."And I will say that it's one thing to work with adult soldiers. And another thing when we're working these kids, and it's very upsetting to see. But that gives us more drive," Gradinar said.
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