‘Hero’ British volunteer has arm and leg amputated after drone attack in Ukraine

A British volunteer has defied the likelihood aft suffering life-threatening injuries portion evacuating civilians from the beforehand enactment successful Ukraine’s conflict for Pokrovsk.

Edward, 28, was wounded arsenic his team’s armoured conveyance was struck by a drone during an onslaught by Russian forces advancing successful the east.

His comrades got distant with insignificant injuries, but Edward, who was driving the vehicle, instrumentality the bulk of the blow, according to a GoFundMe acceptable up to rise wealth for fir aesculapian care.

There were fears that helium volition not past and doctors had to amputate his near limb and leg.

More than 48 hours aft the bombardment, helium is present recovering and successful a unchangeable condition.

Edward was shown successful a infirmary bed, covered successful bandages, but with his spirits high, raising thumbs up for a representation with his doctor.

A station by Ukraine’s Volunteer Service read: ‘Eddy has dedicated the past 3 years of his beingness to helping others, risking his beingness countless times.’

More than £47,000 person been raised successful lone a time to enactment his betterment and rehabilitation.

The post, which described the unpaid arsenic a ‘hero,’ added: ‘Eddy has a agelong roadworthy ahead, and during this clip volition not person a mode of earning immoderate income, truthful a information of the wealth donated volition spell to his surviving costs during/after rehabilitation.’

Impressed with Edward’s courage, his doc Sergii Ryzhenko paid tribute to the unpaid connected Facebook.

He said that astatine the opening of Russia’s full-scale warfare successful February 2022, the erstwhile sailor tattooed a Ukrainian trident connected his limb and near his location successful the UK for Ukraine to rescue civilians nether shelling.

‘Edward has been evacuating women and children from towns and villages that were shelled by Russian artillery,’ Sergii wrote.

‘The past evacuation from Pokrovsk astir killed everyone successful his car. The drone deed the car with civilians and volunteers.

‘Edward’s near limb and near limb were chopped off. During the stages of aesculapian attraction and evacuation, much than six litres of humor were transfused to prevention his life, and helium underwent a precocious level of limb reconstruction.

‘His optimism and grin are inspiring. He shows the Ukrainian trident and vyshyvanka connected his close limb and hopes to enactment successful Ukraine to beryllium with those who are having the hardest clip ever.’

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