As Russian forces continue to shell the recently liberated city of Kherson, doctors are struggling to work with little water, electricity, and poor equipment. An Associated Press photographer captured the story of one boy whose arm had to be amputated following a Russian attack.
In Liberated Kherson, A Boy Loses An Arm Due To Russian Shelling As Doctors Struggle To Cope
- By AP
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Natalya Voblikova (center) cries out in anguish after her son Artur, 13, was seriously injured following Russian shelling near their home in Kherson, southern Ukraine, on November 22.
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Blood-spattered slippers sit outside a house at the site of the shelling.
Following the withdrawal of Moscow's forces across the Dnieper River, Russian artillery continues to indiscriminately maim and kill residents of Kherson.
Following the withdrawal of Moscow's forces across the Dnieper River, Russian artillery continues to indiscriminately maim and kill residents of Kherson.
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A paramedic arrives at the scene.
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A flashlight illuminates a room as a paramedic treats a young girl following the Russian shelling on November 22.
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Medical staff move Artur to the operating room inside a darkened hospital in Kherson with the aid of flashlights.
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Natalya and her daughter wait in the hospital corridor as doctors stabilize her son, Artur.
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Due to the severity of his injuries, Artur's left arm had to be amputated.
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