The Frenchman, who went to fight alongside Ukrainian soldiers against Russia, jumped on a landmine in Donbas (East) at the end of November and is now awaiting his repatriation arranged by the Quai d’Orsay, AFP learned from a person concerned and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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“I was wounded on November 27 in the forest when our battalion started to enter the Luhansk region, northeast of Svatove.“In eastern Ukraine, where fighting is going on against Russian forces, 32-year-old Maxim Bronchain, who is currently being treated at the capital’s military hospital, told AFP by phone.
“I threw myself on a mine, my left leg was seriously injured. An American who was with me jumped on a mine for a second while coming to help me. He died during evacuation“, the Frenchman, who was part of an intelligence unit made up of about twenty foreign fighters, elaborates.including 5 francsInternational Legion.
Since the injury, he has undergone five operations and refused to have an amputation, but now fears he will lose his leg. Having communicated with the French Embassy in Ukraine, he is now waiting to be repatriated to France. “There are high risks of infection and Ukrainians are short of morphine“, worries his brother Florent, who was contacted by AFP.
Quai d’Orsay reminds of “the risks associated with going to Ukraine”.
“The French Embassy in Ukraine provides the necessary assistance to our compatriot with the crisis and support center, as we do for all French people in difficulty abroad.The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented on Monday, assuring that “Considering his condition, our compatriot will be transferred outside Ukraine for evacuation to France“.
Quai d’OrsayOn this occasion, I would like to remind you of the risks associated with traveling to Ukraine, which is in the red zone. Travel of any kind is officially discouraged.“, he added in a message to AFP.
Working in the food industry in the east of France, Maxim Bronschein decided to go to Ukraine in May.respond to the call of President (Volodymyr) Zelenskywho had openly invited foreigners to join since the Russian invasion in late Februaryinternational legionto protect Ukraine, he says.
A soldier in the French army for a year when he was 18 years old.I wanted to be helpful“, he testifies. “Here people accept us as liberators, take us into their arms“. Maxim, the father of the child left in France, intends to marry a Ukrainian from Odessa, whom he met during the war in the country.
Source: Le Figaro
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