HORLIVKA, Ukraine — Yuri was on the phone with his mother when the explosion from the shell blew off both his legs.
“There was this flash and suddenly I just didn’t understand anything,” he said, lying in bed at Horlivka Hospital Two, wincing from pain as there is no access to proper painkillers.
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“I saw myself lying on the pavement with my legs torn off. So much blood…So much pain. I was lucky — being on the phone to my mum — she heard everything.”
His mother called an ambulance. Not so …read more
Source: Mashable
