Schoolboy Sasha Ivanov[i] slips on his favorite red sneakers and tucks in the shoelaces. After losing his right hand in a gun cartridge explosion, he is no longer able to tie them.
For the past two years, Sasha, 13, has been to carry out simple tasks, like washing or wearing clothes with zippers. During the hot summer months, he wears long sleeves to cover it. Pain shoots through his arms and legs.
“There is a fragment here. I can feel it,” he says while massaging his knee.
