Overview

• The new facility in a Kyiv hospital will fit prostheses for wounded service members and civilians.
• Berlin backs the project led by the NGO Life Bridge Ukraine as part of the Berlin–Kyiv partnership agreed in 2023.
• Berlin orthopedic master workshops trained six trainees from Kyiv for a year to help staff the center.
• During preparations, 40 severely wounded Ukrainian soldiers were treated in Berlin and received 42 custom prostheses with specialist rehabilitation support.
• Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko cited about 21,000 amputations annually in Ukraine, a need Berlin’s mayor Kai Wegner said the center is intended to help meet.