American photographer showed physical and spiritual wounds of Ukrainian army (photo)

American photographer of Ukrainian descent, Joseph Sivenky presented a draft "Wounds" with small stories and photos of seriously wounded soldiers and Ukrainian participants euromaidan.

Ivan Kushnerev

Kushnerev Ivan was born in Kiev. He was 25. In peacetime, he worked in advertising, he studied at the university and every morning Khortytsya seen from the window. In the peaceful time in your life today Vanya was a war Ilovajskij boiler and permanent loss. Asked why the left, he immediately responds, almost without thinking: "It was a mess. And I had to defend the country."

"This happened in mid-November. Explosion antipersonnel hand grenade, I do not remember the details, but what was told later. I only remember that if I left her, she would have hit the people. So I pulled the grenade to him, and with it undermined. affected eye, hand, foot, "- says Ivan.

Taras Moklyak

Taras — 23 years old, he went to war twice. He had severe injuries of the abdomen and pelvis. Doctors say that Taras endured more than 50 operations and it is only in Kiev.

Vladimir Goncharovskiy

He was 31 years old, married, father of four, was seriously wounded by shots 20 February 2014 — twice in the back and right arm. He rescued the injured parties euromaidan in which law enforcement officers shot in the street Institutskaya in Kiev. He conducted numerous operations in Ukraine and Germany, but his condition remains extremely difficult.

He was diagnosed with hepatitis C. Vladimir thinks it could catch the virus when receiving medical care after being injured on Evromaydane.

Vadim Dovgoruk

He — 23, he commando 3rd separate regiment.

"We went on an APC and began firing. Who and where started shooting, we did not understand. I remember screaming wounded guys. There was panic, there were many wounded. I got in the forest on their own. There I stayed for no more than three days. I froze Legs there were strong frosts at night. Then I found the soldiers "LC" and taken away. During the shelling severed arm only, feet froze in the woods, "- said Vadim.

Sergei Masan

"Our life has changed dramatically — says Svetlana Cole (29 years), wiping her forehead to her husband, Ukrainian paratrooper from Nikolaev, who is being treated in Dnepropetrovsk. Sergeant Masan received burns to 70% of the body and lost several fingers as a result of the shelling of the rocket system volley fire "Grad" in the village of Djakovo in the Luhansk region, near the border with Russia. Sergey spent three months in a war zone, and claims that his team often fired systems "Grad" from the territory of the Russian Federation.

Ruslan Karpets

He — 24 years old, father of two children, of Kremenets Ternopil region. In the photo taken in the Kiev military hospital, my mother helps him to sit down. After euromaidan he volunteered in the Ukrainian army in September 2014 and was seriously wounded in Debaltsevo. Ruslan nerve damage and, therefore, constant pain. The hope is that the left leg can be maintained. Now Ruslan for treatment in Germany.

Artem Zapotocky

Artem (34 years old) was seriously wounded during euromaidan February 20, 2014. The bullet hit Artem in the back as he stood unarmed on the pedestrian bridge over the street Institutskaya in Kiev. The bullet hit and damaged spine, and then stuck in the left shoulder blade. It is still there.

Kravchenko Artem

Artem injured during the evacuation of Ilovaysk the so-called green corridor. Because of the large blood loss and pain, he could not go, so more than 8 hours crawled almost 3 km to the nearest village, "very much like to drink at night, I do drink their urine, could not stand already. Got to the extreme yard and the first thing I started looking for — is water. He climbed to the pigs, they began to drink the water, and they began to bite me because I drink water from their trough. "

Vasily Peles

He — 19 years, in a hospital bed in the military hospital in Lviv. Basil was Evromaydane, and then joined the volunteer battalion to fight in the Donbas separatists, backed by Russia. The boy was taken prisoner, and the separatists cut off his right arm tattooed with the words "Glory to Ukraine."

Yekaterina Panchenko

Catherine (photo — right), 20 years, 7 months pregnant, crying over the body of her husband Eduardo (22 years) at the morgue in Kiev. Both of Dneprodzerzhinsk. Eduard Panchenko — 93 Brigade soldier was seriously wounded in January during the fighting in the Donetsk airport. He died at dawn on February 8, 2015 in the Kiev military hospital.

Lenya Hmelkov

Lenya was wounded on January 22. He — contractor, went to serve in Zhytomyr 95 Airmobile Brigade landing. With his brothers, he passed Slavyansk, Yasinovataya, released Lisichansk. Shot in Donetsk airport. He had a gunshot through, shrapnel wound.

Vadim Sviridenko

He — 42 years old. Shrapnel from a shell he was wounded in his right forearm and right hip. Then I hit a mine.

I was so thrown that after this mine, I could not walk. I fell on someone's stretcher. Some of the boys lying there. I damaged the pelvic bones, injured his spine.

"My fight for life continued for two days and three nights. On the third day I found intelligence" DNR. "During this time, I just did not do it. I ate snow. I tried by all means to survive. And when I had found intelligence" DNR, "they took me prisoner. I was trying to leave himself on foot, but the most I could do was 2-3-4 steps, and then I fell," — said Vadim.

Vyacheslav Buynovskiy

Vyacheslav Buynovskiy ('41), he amputated the right hand and right leg. In the photo he takes the first steps towards a close friend using the prosthesis. After euromaidan Vyacheslav enlisted in the battalion "Aydar", and was seriously wounded at Lugansk in September 2014.

Alexei Litovchenko

Alexey 30 years. He was a division in the town miner in Donetsk region.

"At first there was an explosion, and then I felt a jerk. I looked: I raskurochena bone severed artery. I tried to move my toes, but it was broken. And then I realized that no legs. Shock waves hurt and the kidneys. In I also had a big problem with the kidneys, I could not go to the toilet ", — he said.

According to him, in a hospital Mechnikov were not treated, and traumatized. Thanks to his mother and his wife overboard sent to Kiev. There he was brought back to life. The loss of blood was incompatible with life, he lost 3 liters. Besides, even I caught pneumonia and initially thought that tuberculosis. After a month in intensive care were transferred to Alexei contaminated surgery.