Kyiv rescue worker critically injured in January attack is out of intensive care

Rescue worker Vitalii Kachuro, who came under a Russian double-tap strike on a residential building in Kyiv on 9 January while responding to a call with colleagues, is getting better and was recently moved from intensive care to a hospital ward.

Source: Snizhanna Kachuro, Vitalii's wife, in a comment to hromadske

Quote: "He's been in an ordinary ward for two weeks now, and a few days ago he began to sit up. The doctors said he'd be able to sit up in a month, but it happened earlier, which is really good. The wounds to his internal organs have been sutured. We're waiting for them to heal."

Details: Vitalii is expected to remain in hospital for at least another month, after which he will undergo rehabilitation. He has three children waiting for him at home – the youngest is just three months old.

Background:

• On the night of 8-9 January, Russia attacked Ukraine using nearly 300 aerial weapons, including 36 missiles. Strikes were recorded at 19 locations.
• During the large-scale attack, a residential building in Kyiv was hit with a repeat strike, injuring medics and firefighters who had arrived to provide assistance.
• Vitalii suffered severe injuries, survived two cardiac arrests, was in a coma, and lost more than two litres of blood. His wife Snizhanna said that his whole body was pierced by debris. Vitalii was also diagnosed with lung damage, kidney contusion, a traumatic brain injury, brain inflammation and an open spinal injury with displacement.

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