Serhii Khrapko, a Ukrainian soldier who lost his left arm and leg during fighting in Bakhmut in 2015, says it’s his responsibility to show what life after combat injuries can look like, as fighting rages on in his country.
As Prince Harry and Meghan Markle marked one year until the 2025 Invictus Games begin in British Columbia on Wednesday, Khrapko was at Whistler Blackcomb flying down a run at the winter resort in a sit-ski — a single-ski device for wheelchair-users — as he trains to represent Ukraine at the Games next year.
“It’s a feeling of freedom,” he told CBC News in Ukrainian on Tuesday, speaking through his team manager
