WorldPhoto: News18 WorldUkrainian Soldier Rescued After 491 Days in Isolation
Kostiantyn Vlasenko, a Ukrainian soldier, was rescued after spending 491 days isolated in a frontline position beneath a destroyed school. Severely injured by a Russian drone strike, he amputated his own right leg after losing his left foot. Constant Russian drone surveillance made rescue attempts difficult. A daring operation using a heavy-lift drone successfully extracted him on October 4.
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