Inside the US-Ukraine mission to reconstruct faces of wounded soldiers

Russia’s full-scale invasion has left thousands of Ukrainian soldiers with life-changing injuries. For many survivors, the battle does not end after they leave the battlefield. The Kyiv Independent visited a Ukrainian military hospital where American and Ukrainian surgeons work together as part of the "Face-to-Face" mission to reconstruct faces damaged by explosions from strikes and landmines. From complex facial reconstruction surgeries to custom-made eye prosthetics, this report follows wounded soldiers as they undergo medical procedures.

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00:00 Intro
00:45 Support independent journalism in Ukraine
01:26 Inside a military hospital
04:35 Rebuilding faces after war
07:39 Creating a prosthetic eye
11:19 What doctors can't restore
12:27 Why US surgeons keep returning
14:31 The human cost of war
15:35 Outro

Видео Inside the US-Ukraine mission to reconstruct faces of wounded soldiers канала Kyiv Independent