Wounded in rebel east Ukraine struggle for artificial limbs The self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk does not have the means to manufacture enough artificial limbs for those in need -- and has to import them instead from Germany via Russia. The United Nations estimates that nearly 10,000 people have been killed and more than 22,000 wounded after 31 months of fighting between pro-Western government forces and Moscow-inspired militias. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES