After loosing his right leg to a mortar round landing next to him in July 2016, Oleksandr Pivnev, 20, is undergoing rehabilitation practises at the 'Ukrainian Scientific Experimental Institute for Prostheses and Rehabilitation' in Kharvik, the country's second-largest city, in the east. He was wounded after only three months of serving in the army. He took the oath at 17 and now wishes to return active in the army and work as an instructor for younger soldiers.
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