TEXT: """Ivan Kushnerov, 25, rests on a couch in an apartment where he is staying temporarily in Kiev, Ukraine, March 4, 2015. Kushnerov, who lives in Zaporizhia, was severely wounded in Severodonetsk in November 2014 while serving in the 39th Territorial Defense Battalion of the Ukrainian army. His left hand and three fingers on his right hand were amputated, and he has problems with his vision and legs. He worked in advertising before the war and is currently studying part-time to become a journalist. """"I feel the pain. Sometimes it is phantom pain. I often have a headache, and my scars ache. This pain is always with me. But, if you feel pain, it means you are alive,"""" he said. """"I am now distracted by a lot of things. I require medical treatment, but I want to tighten my fists and go there [to war] because I am very worried about my guys. However, I realize that I will be only a burden for them now."""""""