"I cried that we were hungry": a fighter of the Armed Forces, who lost 30 kg captive, prepared for surgery

Before the captivity, the man weighed 105 kg. After the exchange, he has not yet seen his relatives because he needs treatment. 39-year-old Volynian Anatoly Cholevinsky was in Russian captivity for over 2 years. It was exchanged on May 31. Now the Ukrainian defender is preparing for the operation about it "Public". The fighter said that in captivity, he was lost 30 kilograms and is now waiting for surgery to remove the ball from the body. Anatoly enrolled in the Ukrainian army in 2018.

At the beginning of a full -scale Russian invasion, he fought in Luhansk region. Under Popasna, the man was injured in the shoulder and leg and was captured, where, according to him, there were inhumane conditions. "The dressing was made only once in three days. It happened that the wounds were bent. I am glad that he drove to Nenka-Ukraine," he said. The mother of Zinaida Cholevinskaya is waiting for her son at home. She has not seen Anatolia yet, he is now in treatment.

"He had 105 kilograms in front of captivity. Now - 75 pounds. He told me," Mom, it was that I wanted borscht with beans, I wanted home bread. I cried that we were hungry, "-recalls the woman the first conversation with her son after the exchange. Anatoly had an older brother Vladimir. He also fought, but did not wait for his brother's return from captivity due to cancer, which was discovered at stage 4. He died last year. And how is he not alive? As he is alive . . .