로이터 통신 기사입니다.
호출 부호 오딘 쓰는 기계화여단장은 오른쪽 무릎 아래
절단으로 의족 착용한채로 도네츠크 전장에 돌아갔습니다.
원래 했던 교사직으로 돌아가거나 징집사무소 직원
으로 가는 걸 제안받았지만 스스로 복귀했다고 하는데요.
스스로 복귀한다고 했어도 군에서 안 받아줬어야지
대체 얼마나 병력 손실이 크면 다리 절단 여단장을
복귀시키나요?
전장서 절단에 이르는 중상 입은 장병들은 외상후
스트레스 장애가 심할 텐데 투입했단 건 전선 상황이
엄청나게 안 좋단 얘기 밖에 안 되는 거죠.
또, 우크라 군 인권단체서 우크라 절단 부상 장병수가
최소 2만 이상 5만 이하라고 했네요.
한편, 미국의 첫 우크라 지원 액수가 10억달러,
1조3700억원어치라는데 대공미사일, 공대지미사일,
장갑차, 장비 부품 등 포함이라 포탄 수량은 그리
많지 않을 걸로 보이네요.
이렇게 공개적 지원 발표 뒤엔 미국은 보통
최소 한 달 뒤에나 추가 지원하는데 라스푸티차
끝나서 러시아가 항공 폭격 동반한 대공세 하려는
판에 대응이 수월치 않을 것 같네요.
The Ukrainian amputees returning to the front to resist Russian advance
2024.04.11
Ukrainian commander Odin's lower leg was blown off in a mine explosion
last year. Now he's back in the trenches.
"I had offers to go back to my local academy as a teacher or to work at
a draft office in Odesa," the 32-year-old from the 28th Separate
Mechanised Brigade told Reuters from a cramped bunker on the front
line in the eastern region of Donetsk.
"I said I'm not interested in these positions."
While the Kyiv government declined to share data on casualties, which
it deems sensitive, Pryncyp, a leading human rights organisation
representing military personnel, put the number of amputees from the
war at between 20,000 and 50,000.
Masi Nayyem, co-founder of Pryncyp, said it was fairly common to see
soldiers with artificial limbs still serving, though he didn't know how many
had returned to the military and how many had entered civilian life.
Nayyem, of soldiers' rights group Pryncyp, said the government was not
doing enough to support amputees as they seek employment and that
those initiatives that did exist were focused on the big cities.
United States Announces Significant New Military Assistance for Ukraine
2024.04.24
This package, which is valued at up to $1 billion, includes urgently needed
capabilities including air defense missiles, munitions for HIMARS, artillery
rounds, armored vehicles, precision aerial munitions, anti-armor weapons,
and small arms, equipment, and spare parts to help Ukraine defend its
territory and protect its people.
