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Marine infantryman Oleksandr Kovalenko, who defended Mariupol and spent nearly seven months in Russian captivity, received his own apartment. For his family, this is the first housing provided under the charitable program 'At Home'.
How a Defender of Mariupol Got His Own Apartment
Marine infantryman Oleksandr Kovalenko, together with his wife and two children, received their first own apartment, the 'Heart of Azovstal' project reports. Before this, the family did not have their own housing.
Oleksandr is from Mykolaiv region and served in the military since 2015 year. At the start of the full-scale invasion, he voluntarily went to defend Mariupol. During one of the combat missions, the service member was hit by a mortar shelling and sustained severe shrapnel wounds to his thigh and neck. Subsequently, the defender ended up in Russian captivity, where he spent almost seven months.
After returning from captivity, Oleksandr underwent treatment and rehabilitation, and later he was discharged from military service due to health reasons. The family received the apartment under the charitable program 'At Home,' implemented by the 'Heart of Azovstal' project in collaboration with the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation.
How life changed for the veteran after returning from captivity
Due to severe injuries, Oleksandr had to undergo a long recovery journey. After leaving military service, the serviceman gradually returns to civilian life.
Despite what he endured, Oleksandr wants to continue helping Ukrainian servicemen. He is considering the possibility of working as a driver of evacuation transport to transport wounded comrades. In this way, the veteran plans to remain useful to those who continue to defend Ukraine.
As a reminder, more than 1 400 internally displaced people from Mariupol have already received temporary housing in Dnipro and Chernivtsi. For other families, homes are being arranged in Kropyvnytskyi, and in Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region, with support from France, new apartments are planned.
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