President upheld initiative to establish office of Commissioner for assistance in rehabilitation of Ukrainian soldiers wounded in ATO

President Petro Poroshenko met with the Ukrainian military – participants of the annual marathon of the U.S. Navy in Washington.

This has been reported by the press service of the Head of State.

In the course of the conversation, the military expressed the initiative to establish the office of the Commissioner for assistance in rehabilitation of Ukrainian military wounded in the ATO area.

Petro Poroshenko upheld their initiative and offered sanitary instructor of the medical company of the 128th separate mountain infantry brigade of the operative headquarters “Zakhid” of the Land Forces of Ukraine Vadym Svyrydenko who was wounded and lost limbs as a result of frostbite to lead the given structure in the future.

 “This is not just your victory. This is an example for dozens, hundreds, thousands of our warriors who lived through the ATO, were not broken and demonstrate a strong belief in life,” the President added.

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