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14 May 2025

Raiffeisen Bank donates UAH 1,000,000 to support Ready for Prosthetics program by Dobrobut

Raiffeisen Bank has once again supported Ready for Prosthetics program — a joint initiative of Dobrobut clinic and Dobrobut Foundation — by donating UAH 1 million to fund surgeries for wounded Ukrainian servicemen in preparation for prosthetics.

Last year, with the bank’s support, 10 Ukrainian defenders received vital medical care through this program. At that time, Raiffeisen Bank allocated UAH 550,000 to cover surgical treatments. In total, the bank has contributed UAH 3 million toward medical assistance for the wounded in partnership with Dobrobut and Dobrobut Foundation.

The program provides complex reconstructive and plastic surgeries performed by Dobrobut’s team of experienced surgeons and traumatologists. These procedures are essential for properly shaping amputation stumps to prepare them for prosthetic fitting. Without such surgeries, veterans often face complications such as neuromas, osteophytes, and painful scarring. In addition to surgery, patients receive psychological support throughout all stages of treatment and rehabilitation. Operations are led by orthopedic trauma surgeon Dr. Oksana Myronenko, who has over 18 years of experience.

One of the program's patients is Hlib Kravchenko, a veteran of Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade with the call sign «Holden». Until 2024, Hlib worked as an HR Director at an IT company. Over time, however, he felt a growing sense of duty to serve: «I answered the question for myself: yesterday was already too late, and tomorrow will be completely untimely», he recalls.

In September 2024, while evacuating a wounded comrade, Hlib was severely injured when an enemy drone struck nearby, causing multiple shrapnel wounds. Although his body sustained injuries across several areas, the most severe damage was to his left leg, which had to be amputated.

«Tourniquet syndrome had already started, and I realized it couldn’t be saved. I lay on the stretcher and asked, ‘Is it gone?’ — ‘Yes,’ they said. My arm was also at risk, but as you can see, they managed to save it,” the veteran shares.

Remarkably, Hlib began planning his future just days after the injury: «In those first days, I was already thinking about how my new life would look. Maybe one day, I’ll represent Ukraine at the Paralympics».

He also chose to embrace his new reality with optimism, lifting the spirits of those around him: «As Lesya Ukrainka wrote: ‘To keep from crying, I laughed.’ I smiled and stayed positive. When my family came to visit, they expected to see something completely different. But I told them, ‘Everything will be fine.’ And I watched as the fear in their eyes turned into a smile».

In the winter of 2025, Hlib underwent a stump revision surgery, and by spring, he took his first steps with a prosthetic — made possible with the support of the Future for Ukraine foundation.