Helping veteran Anatolii Melnichenko take the first steps toward recovery

Helping veteran Anatolii Melnichenko take the first steps toward recovery

Anatolii served as a squad commander in the 56th Brigade, 39th Special Rifle Battalion, separate machine gun platoon.

In December 2023, while on duty in the Kherson direction, he was severely wounded. Shrapnel embedded in his pelvis injured the sciatic nerve, leaving his right leg non-functional. He now moves with crutches and has group II disability, but his goal is to restore motion and walk again.

For the second year in a row, Pislya Sluzhby has been supporting Anatolii in this journey. We organize consultations with the top professionals in Kyiv and coordinate rehabilitation with leading medical centers.

He has undergone rehabilitation in:

  • State Institution «Kundiiev Institute of Occupational Health of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine»
  • Kyiv Institute of Rehabilitation
  • Mariupol Military Hospital (relocated to Kropyvnytskyi)

Thanks to this support, Anatolii has recently started to feel slight impulses in his right leg — a small but significant sign of progress.

We believe recovery is not just a physical process. It’s about restoring independence, dignity, and strength.

16 April 2025
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