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Wounded, recovered and back to war. Ukrainian soldiers are returning to battle after amputation (apnews.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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Many Ukrainian brigades have at least one, and often several, amputee soldiers still on active duty β€” men who returned to combat out of a sense of duty amid the grim outlook for their country.

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[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a very different thing to give the amputee crutches and to give them high-quality prosthetics. The Ukrainians you refer to as "cripples" aren't really cripples, because they can move almost normally. Also, they are used very differently: Russian troops need to advance on foot, Ukrainian troops need to arrive to a location in a vehicle and stay to defend it.

I wouldn't say the two cases are very similar at all.

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 3 points 1 week ago

FTR I did not refer to them as cripples.