AS CASUALTIES CONTINUE TO MOUNT NEARLY A year and a half into Russia’s war against Ukraine, one American charity has stepped up to help Ukrainian soldiers who have sacrificed limbs in defense of their country and yet still seek to return to the battlefield. For these troops and New York City-based nonprofit Kind Deeds, the oft-cited phrase rings true: Only the dead have seen the end of war.
“In October 2022, our first two active duty Ukrainian soldiers traveled to New York to get their prosthetics fitted,” Oleksandr Rubtsov, the Ukrainian American president of Kind Deeds told Newsweek during a visit to Warsaw, Poland, in May. “Thanks to our help, over 20 soldiers are already back on their feet, but we have 200 on our waiting list, and it would take 100 more organizations like ours to fully meet the need.”
The true scope of the crisis
