In Ukraine, Amputations Already Evoke Scale of World War I

The horrors of war! In the age of gender equality more women become soldiers and amputees.

If you have read or perused illustrated books of World War I like I have you might understand the headline. So many young men were visibly and extremely mutilated e.g. in the face without a chance of reconstructive surgery back then. Gruesome!

In Ukraine, Amputations Already Evoke Scale of World War I - WSJ Tens of thousands estimated to have lost limbs since the start of the war, a toll not seen in recent armed conflicts in the West

Ruslana Danilkina, a 19 year old soldier, is one of between 20,000 and 50,000 Ukrainians who have lost one or more limbs since the start of the war with Russia.