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Ukrainian soldier spent 491 days on frontline, amputated own leg before being rescued by drone
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October 21, 2026
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A wounded Ukrainian soldier who spent 491 days at a frontline position was rescued by drone after suffering severe injuries to both legs and amputating one himself. “They died on their way to me,” Kostiantyn Vlasenko, 49, said of fellow soldiers killed trying to reach him before
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