"This is such a vivid problem, it’s a lot,” Vovchenko said at a roundtable with Russian senators, as quoted by the government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta.

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  • Joecool2087
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    181 year ago

    Did I read that story correctly? More than 50% of injured soldiers required 3 or more artificial limbs. And 90% of injured soldiers have returned to combat? That can’t be right!

    • Skua
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      151 year ago

      The paragraph between those two clarifies that “prosthetic devices” can include things like orthopaedic shoes. I’d assume that if someone does get, say, a leg amputated, then they’re in a wheelchair for a while and maybe have a brace on their other leg to help it handle being used more heavily while the patient gets used to using a prosthetic leg. That’s your three prosthetic devices there, even though there is only one limb amputated.

      As for the 90% thing, though, I fully expect that that’s Shoigu lying. It’s Shoigu, after all

      • Joecool2087
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        31 year ago

        Thank you! My comprehension at 3am while my toddler screams because he doesn’t like sleep… Was not at its best

        • @jaybone
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          21 year ago

          Are you in the Pacific Ocean?

    • @bouh
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      61 year ago

      It’s not 3 limbs but 3 prosthetic devices.