Tanisha Fazal, a professor at the University of Minnesota who studies medical care in war, told Insider that soldiers today are surviving injuries they would not have survived in the past, which adds to the mental health challenges countries face once the fighting has ended.
"This is going to be a long-term cost of war for the Ukrainians," Fazel said of the land mines and amputations, adding:"This is something that's going to have to be part of rebuilding in Ukraine, dealing with veterans but also I think probably civilians with serious wartime injuries, both physical and mental."
The Times reported Ukraine is no longer able to keep up with treating the psychological trauma that its soldiers have experienced. There are some treatment centers that focus on both physical wounds and mental trauma, but some Ukrainian soldiers struggling with their mental health do not always seek out treatment.
A 35-year-old soldier, who told the outlet most of the men in his unit had been killed, said one night he woke up and attacked his roommate, thinking he was a Russian soldier. "I cry sometimes. When I'm falling asleep, I can visualize it all over again," he said, adding,"I remember the faces of all our dead comrades."Subscribe to push notifications