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German engineering helps Ukrainian amputees walk again

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Double amputee Vitaliy Saiko, a veteran of the war in Ukraine, trains with orthopaedic technician Michael Koehler (L) in a prosthetics center in Berlin, Germany, on July 25, 2024. [AFP]

Double amputee Vitaliy Saiko, a veteran of the war in Ukraine, compares the artificial limbs made for him by a Berlin-based prosthetics specialist to a sports car.

"This is individual work. It's like making a Lamborghini, it's assembled according to the client's order," Saiko told AFP.

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