Amputee Ukrainian veterans decry ceding to Russia’s territorial demands

Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who survived the front lines of the war are returning home as amputees. As the government tries to work out a peace deal, many veterans say giving up territory would be wrong, given what the war has cost them. “I lost many of my brothers-in-arms, and nearby units also suffered heavy losses. Are we just going to give it up like that? I do not agree,” veteran Vitali Khotabych told Al Jazeera from a rehabiliation centre in Kyiv.