Mykhailo Dianov, a Ukrainian soldier of the Azovstal plant, from whom the Russians used pliers to remove the metal device holding his hand, was operated on in the United States.

Mykhailo Dianov after his release from Russian captivityPhoto: Handout / AFP / Profimedia

Anton Gerashenko, one of the advisers to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denys Monastyrskyi, announced this on his Twitter page, who said that on Tuesday Diyanov underwent an operation on his hand in the USA and doctors expect a full recovery.

The Nexta channel published several photos from it:

Several Ukrainian soldiers, who spent months defending the city of Mariupol and then the last redoubt at the Azovstal plant, said they had been tortured in Russian captivity, but the shocking images of Dianov hit the international media after the Ukrainian military released photos of the brutal man. malnourished and with a severed arm.

Dianov was released from Russian captivity on September 23 after a prisoner exchange with the Ukrainian military.

“Ukrainian soldier Mykhailo Dianov is one of the lucky ones compared to some of his fellow prisoners of war,” the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said on Twitter at the time.

“He survived Russian captivity. This is how Russia “observes” the Geneva Conventions. In this way, Russia continues the shameful legacy of Nazism,” he added in the post.

Heroes of Mariupol, released in exchange for a friend of Vladimir Putin

Azovstal fighters were released by the Russian military on September 22 in exchange for the reception of oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk, one of the richest people in Ukraine and a friend of President Vladimir Putin.

Medvedchuk, after whom the Russian president named one of his daughters, was detained by the SBU on April 12 while trying to flee the country.

He had been under house arrest since last May, a measure imposed during a treason investigation, but managed to escape from his home on February 27, four days after Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

Fighters defending the Azovstal plant in Mariupol surrendered to Russian forces in mid-May after running out of ammunition.

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