Ukrainian Defender Mykola Voronchuk lost his arm after a severe war injury. Now, he assembles drones with a bionic prosthesis.

"I never thought I would have to take up arms. When the full-scale war began, I started going to checkpoints and ask for a summons. In early August 2022, they wanted to mobilize my younger brother. I managed to agree with the draft officer that I would go instead of him. My younger brother went home, and I went to war," shares Mykola.

Mykola fought in the Donetsk direction as a member of the 79th Air Assault Brigade. In January last year, he was seriously wounded and lay for several hours at the positions, waiting to be rescued. He recalls that the Russians cynically shot his fellow soldiers and left him to die with the words, "Let him die like a dog."

"I noticed our drone hovering over me. I waved that I was alive. After about 15-20 minutes, a combat medic came up, and we ran together to the evacuation APC. The distance was significant - 4 kilometers. We ran under mine fire because all the time there was an enemy drone above us," Mykola recalls.

Ukrainian Defender also provides psychological care at the Protez Foundation clinic and helps other military personnel returning from war with injuries

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