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âIf I was not a patriot, I would not have joined the army.â Taras Moklyak, 23, a grenade launcher operator from Ivano-Frankivsk, is comforted by Natalia, a close friend, at the Kyiv Military Hospital shortly before traveling to Germany for further medical treatment. Taras was mobilized in May 2014, and was wounded by a sniperâs bullet in the village of Starodubne. He has severe abdominal and pelvic injuries. Kyiv, March 19, 2015