Wounded by a Russian mine and exhausted, Artem watched all attempts to evacuate him failed. Then a flying drone took him home.

In the Kharkiv hospital, Artem received blood transfusions and, seven hours later, doctors amputated his right leg at the knee.

By the time of the interview on Oct. 29, Artem was undergoing further treatment and rehabilitation in Lviv, in the western Ukraine.

“I go through some sort of surgery every day, taking things slowly,” Artem said about his treatment. He shared that his mother and girlfriend were with him in Lviv, and his brother had come to visit him.