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In Aspen Thursday, Kelli Rohrig and the two Ukrainians who are spending about a month in Colorado receiving treatment will talk about the war, the nonprofit’s efforts and why it’s all relevant to Americans.

On April 22, Limbs for Liberty, a local nonprofit that helps Ukrainians receive prosthetics, ushered two more soldiers to Colorado for treatment. Now, 31-year-old Roman Denysiuk has a new prosthetic leg, thanks to Dr. Jeff...

Last December, a nonprofit founded by Vail Valley locals Kelli Rohrig and Tyler Schmidt that helps Ukrainians who have lost limbs as a result of the war with Russia receive prosthetics, brought its first soldier from...

Last December, a nonprofit founded by Valley locals Kelli Rohrig and Tyler Schmidt that helps Ukrainians who have lost limbs as a result of the war with Russia receive prosthetics, brought its first soldier from...

"I just want to thank you guys all so much," Chersak said as he looked at his new leg, with graphics reading "Ukraine."

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Chersak was a construction worker and worked at a fitness club in his native Ukraine. He comes from a small village about 40 miles north of Odesa.