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In Ukraine, limbs lost and lives devastated in an instant

Anton Gladun, 22, lies on his bed at the Third City Hospital, in Cherkasy, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5, 2022. Anton, a military medic deployed on the front lines in eastern Ukraine, lost both legs and the left arm due to a mine explosion on March 27. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 22-year-old Anton Gladun has his wounds cleaned by doctors at the Third City Hospital, in Cherkasy, Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. Anton, a military medic deployed on the front lines in eastern Ukraine, lost both legs and the left arm due to a mine explosion on March 27. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Lidiya Gladun lifts the sheet to check the bandages on her son's severed legs at the Third City Hospital, in Cherkasy, Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. 22-year-old Anton Gladun, a military medic deployed on the front lines in eastern Ukraine, lost both legs and the left arm due to a mine explosion on March 27. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Anton Gladun, 22, eats on his bed in at the Third City Hospital, in Cherkasy, Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. Anton, a military medic deployed on the front lines in eastern Ukraine, lost both legs and the left arm due to a mine explosion on March 27. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Nastia Kuzik, 21, says goodbye to her father inside the ambulance as she is transferred to Germany for further treatment at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5, 2022. On March 17, she went to her brother's house in Chernihiv, then on her way back was caught in a bombing. She lost her right leg below the knee and seriously injured her left leg. Has now been transported to Germany for further treatment. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Nastia Kuzik, 21, reacts to pain while undergoing a rehabilitation session at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. In the morning on March 17, she went to her brother's house in Chernihiv, then on her way back was caught in a bombing. She lost her right leg below the knee and seriously injured her left leg. Has now been transported to Germany for further treatment. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Nastia Kuzik, 21, is carried on a stretcher in a lift while being transported by a medical team to Germany, at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5, 2022. In the morning on March 17, she went to her brother's house in Chernihiv, then on her way back was caught in a bombing. She lost her right leg below the knee and seriously injured her left leg. Has now been transported to Germany for further treatment. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Nastia Kuzik, 21, reacts to pain while undergoing a rehabilitation session at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. In the morning on March 17, she went to her brother's house in Chernihiv, then on her way back was caught in a bombing. She lost her right leg below the knee and seriously injured her left leg. Has now been transported to Germany for further treatment. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Nastia Kuzik, 21, talks with her parents while waiting for the arrival of the medical team that will transport her to Germany, at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5, 2022. In the morning on March 17, she went to her brother's house in Chernihiv, then on her way back was caught in a bombing. She lost her right leg below the knee and seriously injured her left leg. Has now been transported to Germany for further treatment. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Oksana Balandina, 23, is carried by her husband Viktor at a public hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022. Oksana lost both legs and 4 fingers on her left arm when a shell sticking in the ground near her house exploded on March 27. "There was explosion. Just after that I felt my legs like falling into emptiness. I was trying to look around and saw that there were no legs anymore - only bones, flesh and blood". (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Sasha Horokhivskyi, 38, rests on the railing of the balcony of his room in a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Sasha lost his leg above the knee on March 22 after being shot in the calf by a territorial defense member who mistook him for a spy after he stopped to take photos of bombed buildings near his home.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Sasha Horokhivskyi, 38, makes stair-climbing exercises at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Sasha lost his leg above the knee on March 22 after being shot in the calf by a territorial defense member who mistook him for a spy after he stopped to take photos of bombed buildings near his home. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Sasha Horokhivskyi, 38, uses crutches to walk, next to Territorial Defense member Andreii Vecheslavovich, 39, right, at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Sasha lost his leg above the knee on March 22 after being shot in the calf by a territorial defense member who mistook him for a spy after he stopped to take photos of bombed buildings near his home. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Sasha Horokhivskyi, 38, performs mirror therapy to mitigate phantom pains at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Sasha lost his leg above the knee on March 22 after being shot in the calf by a territorial defense member who mistook him for a spy after he stopped to take photos of bombed buildings near his home.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Yarik Stepanenko, 11, pushes his twin-sister Yana on a swing outside a public hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 12, 2022. On April 8, a missile struck the train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk where Yana, Yarik and their mother Natasha were planning to catch an evacuation train heading west and, they hoped, to safety. Yana lost two legs, one just above the ankle, the other higher up her shin. Natasha lost her left leg below the knee. Yarik, left at the station in the chaos of the attack, was uninjured and has been reunited with his mother and sister. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Yana Stepanenko, 11, has her wounds cleaned-up by doctors at a public hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022. Yana and her mother Natasha, 43, were injured April 8 during shelling at the train station of the eastern city of Kramatorsk where they travelled with Yana's twin brother Yarik from their village near the front line. Yana lost two legs, one just above the ankle, the other higher up her shin. Natasha lost her left leg below the knee. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Followed by their mother Natasha, Yarik Stepanenko, 11, pushes his twin sister Yana's wheelchair along a corridor of a public hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 12, 2022. On April 8, a missile struck the train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk where Yana, Yarik and their mother Natasha were planning to catch an evacuation train heading west and, they hoped, to safety. Yana lost two legs, one just above the ankle, the other higher up her shin. Natasha lost her left leg below the knee. Yarik, left at the station in the chaos of the attack, was uninjured and has been reunited with his mother and sister. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Yana Stepanenko, 11, is assisted by her twin brother Yarik, at a public hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 12, 2022. On April 8, a missile struck the train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk where Yana, Yarik and their mother Natasha were planning to catch an evacuation train heading west and, they hoped, to safety. Yana lost two legs, one just above the ankle, the other higher up her shin. Natasha lost her left leg below the knee. Yarik, left at the station in the chaos of the attack, was uninjured and has been reunited with his mother and sister. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Natasha Stepanenko, 43, sits on her bed with her daughter Yana, 11, at a public hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 15, 2022. On April 8, a missile struck the train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk where Natasha, Yana and her twin brother Yarik were planning to catch an evacuation train heading west and, they hoped, to safety. Yana lost two legs, one just above the ankle, the other higher up her shin. Natasha lost her left leg below the knee. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Yana Stepanenko, 11, looks at her phone as she lies in bed at a public hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Yana and her mother Natasha, 43, were injured April 8 during shelling at the train station of the eastern city of Kramatorsk where they travelled with Yana's twin brother Yarik from their village near the front line. They were planning to catch an evacuation train heading west and, they hoped, to safety. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Yana Stepanenko, 11, sits next to the window on her wheelchair at a public hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022. Yana and her mother Natasha, 43, were injured April 8 during shelling at the train station of the eastern city of Kramatorsk where they travelled with Yana's twin brother Yarik from their village near the front line. They were planning to catch an evacuation train heading west and, they hoped, to safety. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Oksana Balandina, 23, receives medical assistance by a doctor who cleans her wounds at a public hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Oksana lost both legs and 4 fingers on her left arm when a shell sticking in the ground near her house exploded on March 27. "There was explosion. Just after that I felt my legs like falling into emptiness. I was trying to look around and saw that there were no legs anymore - only bones, flesh and blood". (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Olena Viter, 45, paints on her bed as she recovers from her wounds at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The explosion that took Olena Viter's left leg also took her son, 14-year-old Ivan, a budding musician already playing in a small orchestra. Her husband Volodymyr buried him and another boy killed in the same blast under a guelder-rose bush in their garden. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Olena Viter, 45, cries on her bed after surgery at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Olena lost her leg and her 14-year-old son Ivan when bombs rained down on their village Rozvazhiv, in the Kyiv region, on March 14. Four people died, including Ivan, and about 20 were wounded. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Olena Viter, 45, receives a surgery at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Olena lost her leg and her 14-year-old son Ivan when bombs rained down on their village Rozvazhiv, in the Kyiv region, on March 14. Four people died, including Ivan, and about 20 were wounded. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Olena Viter, 45, waits outside the operating theatre before a surgery, at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Olena lost her leg and her 14-year-old son Ivan when bombs rained down on their village Rozvazhiv, in the Kyiv region, on March 14. Four people died, including Ivan, and about 20 were wounded. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Olena Viter, 45, is transferred to a stretcher before being taken to the operating theatre to undergo further surgery, at a public hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The explosion that took Olena Viter's left leg also took her son, 14-year-old Ivan, a budding musician already playing in a small orchestra. Her husband Volodymyr buried him and another boy killed in the same blast under a guelder-rose bush in their garden. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Yana Stepanenko, 11, is carried by a doctor at a public hospital in Lviv, Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022. Yana and her mother Natasha, 43, were injured April 8 during shelling at the train station of the eastern city of Kramatorsk where they travelled with Yana's twin brother Yarik from their village near the front line. They were planning to catch an evacuation train heading west and, they hoped, to safety. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)