A camp teaches Ukrainian soldiers who were blinded in combat to navigate the world again

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Everyone pays their price for freedom in Ukraine,” Abdulin, who spent months confined to a hospital bed and rarely takes off his dark shades, said. "I immediately realized that I had lost my eyes.” “Of course, I expected everything, but becoming blind, I couldn’t even imagine,” Abdulin continued. “His eyes were still so swollen, with bandages over them, covered in cotton pads,” Abdulina said of seeing her husband at the hospital for the first time after their months of separation. One purpose of the camp is reminding the spouses they are not “nannies” but life partners to their men, Perepechenko said.