Ukraine soldiers come to Minnesota for prosthetics, hope
Dr. Yakov “Jacob” Gradinar, a limb specialist in Minneapolis who emigrated from Ukraine to the United States in 2007, sought a way to help amid despair over Russia’s invasion.
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Dr. Yakov “Jacob” Gradinar, a limb specialist in Minneapolis who emigrated from Ukraine to the United States in 2007, sought a way to help amid despair over Russia’s invasion.
“I’m very glad to come here to America,” says Max Shevchenko, who says he’s a senior lieutenant in the Ukrainian Army. “To see this program, and what it does to people.”
A Ukrainian prosthetic limb specialist in Minneapolis sought a way to help amid despair over Russia's invasion.
The five Ukrainian soldiers arrived at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Saturday and were greeted by dozens of Ukrainian-Americans and others, who sang Ukraine's National [...]
After putting their lives on the line for their country, five Ukrainian soldiers who lost limbs during the war made the more than 5,000-mile journey to Minnesota on Saturday.