"Dron saved my life": a veteran with a "smart" prosthesis collects UAV for the Armed Forces (photo)

At first he corrected artillery, then became a gunner. Last January, he was injured in his hand. He managed to survive thanks to the Ukrainian drone that flew over him. "I was a sign that a battle doctor came alive and in 15-20 minutes. According to the veteran, he was initially offered to install a fixed cosmetic prosthesis on his hand, but he refused and began to look for where he could be prosthetized.

As a result, he found the Protez Foundation clinic, namely prosthetics occurred in the United States. He was installed a "smart" bionic prosthesis from Esper Bionics made in Ukraine. The prosthesis has six engines and is able to lift 12 kilograms. "I quickly learned to use the prosthesis. The next day after installation I kept a paper cup. With this prosthesis, I do not feel disabled," the veteran shared.

Mykola Voronchuk confessed that he loved to design from the school years, collected the Paverbank himself, made charging devices for cars, so he was first worried that he could no longer do his favorite business. The man was rehabilitated in Transcarpathia, where he was introduced to the volunteers of the Dronaryna drone laboratory. The chief engineer and ideologist "Dronari" Maxim Sheremet invited a veteran to Kiev to show how to collect UAV. "It was a joyful feeling.

I was a little despair that I could not do my favorite thing. But when I realized that I could solder - these emotions could not compare anything," he remembers. Mykola Voronchuk collected his first drone for more than a week. There are already 10 drones currently in his account. He engages in the laboratory in Kiev and at home in Vinnytsia region. "It was the drone that saved my life," the veteran explained his motivation.

We will remind, on March 17 the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov said that the prosthesis, which was received by Mykola Voronchuk, is able to study and receive better management over time. The minister also showed how the veteran uses a robotic hand. Focus also wrote that Ukrainian Violetta Oliynyk from Chernivtsi, who independently collects drones, sent 71 drones to the front.