(5 Jan 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kharkiv region, Ukraine - 30 December 2022
1. Soldiers sitting in aromatherapy room with music
HEADLINE: Ukrainian soldiers take a break at rehab center
2. Various of soldiers exercising in swimming pool
ANNOTATION: A Ukrainian commander has transformed an old Soviet-era sanatorium into a recovery center for servicemen.
3. Soldiers doing exercises in gym
4. Soldier doing electrosleep therapy
ANNOTATION: The centre in the Kharkiv region treats both physical and mental ailments through a variety of methods.
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleksandr Vasylkovskyi, lieutenant colonel of Ukrainian Armed Forces:
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“This event is helping soldiers to, at least for a week, put themselves together. At least to sleep in a warm bed. This is first: to have a proper wash, to wash their clothes. The second is to do medical checks. It’s the most important thing because a person develops several illnesses from the stress of fighting.”
6. Soldier doing electrosleep therapy
7. Soldiers doing exercises in gym
8. Soldiers exercising in swimming pool
9. Various of soldiers doing laser therapy
ANNOTATION: Suicide among veterans increased in recent years, with many untreated cases of post-traumatic stress disorder.
10. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Viktor (no surname given), Nom de Guerre “Shahter”, Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier:
“We worked in conditions that were bad for our health. It’s bad, it’s damp, it’s wet. We’re living in trenches. We really need rehabilitation. We have back pain, leg pain, we carry heavy loads. That’s it.”
11. Soldiers doing salt therapy
12. Various of soldiers doing exercises in gym
ANNOTATION: At a cost of $21 per day, more than 2,000 soldiers and their families have been treated here since it opened in June.
13. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Maksym (no surname given), soldier of National Guard of Ukraine:
++SOUNDBITE PARTLY OVERLSID WITH THE FOLLOWING SHOT++
“From my unit, men have also done rehabilitation and I can see that men are returning to the unit after a week rested and gaining more strength and the thoughts that they had before go away. Men are relaxed and had the opportunity to rest.”
14. Soldiers exercising in swimming pool
15. Wide of corridor
16. Soldiers sitting in corridor
ANNOTATION: The centre receives support from international partners in Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, the US and Spain.
17. Various of soldiers sitting in aromatherapy room with music
ANNOTATION: However, many feel that more support is needed due to the ongoing effects of the war.
STORYLINE:
A Ukrainian commander has transformed an old Soviet-era sanatorium into a recovery centre for servicemen.
The centre in the Kharkiv region treats both physical and mental ailments through a variety of methods.
Suicide among veterans increased in recent years, with many untreated cases of post-traumatic stress disorder.
At a cost of $21 per day, more than 2,000 soldiers and their families have been treated here since it opened in June.
The centre receives support from international partners in Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, the US and Spain.
However, many feel that more support is needed due to the ongoing effects of the war.
AP video shot by Vasilisa Stepanenko
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