Mezhova pensioner wounded Doctors treat 42 fragments

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Olha Pavlovska reports from Dnipro on 73-year-old Ivan Kolchak, wounded by a Russian drone while cycling from Mezhova to a neighboring settlement to collect his pension. He describes 42 shrapnel wounds. Soldiers rescued him, and doctors say he remains seriously ill after several operations and a transfusion. His main concern is his wife, left at home without communications and unaware of his fate. Kolchak says there has been no electricity or gas for eight months and he cannot afford to evacuate on his pension. Their house was destroyed, and they had been living in a summer kitchen. Mechnikov Hospital director Serhiy Ryzhenko discusses his determination to survive. The report closes with continuing police evacuations and families' reluctance to leave Mezhova.

Olha Pavlovska reports from Dnipro on 73-year-old Ivan Kolchak, wounded by a Russian drone while cycling from Mezhova to a neighboring settlement to collect his pension. He describes 42 shrapnel wounds. Soldiers rescued him, and doctors say he remains seriously ill after several operations and a transfusion. His main concern is his wife, left at home without communications and unaware of his fate. Kolchak says there has been no electricity or gas for eight months and he cannot afford to evacuate on his pension. Their house was destroyed, and they had been living in a summer kitchen. Mechnikov Hospital director Serhiy Ryzhenko discusses his determination to survive. The report closes with continuing police evacuations and families' reluctance to leave Mezhova.