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Ukraine nurse who lost legs in landmine explosion dances with new husband in Lviv hospital.

Video. Woman who lost legs in landmine blast has first dance with new husband

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Balandina, a 23-year-old nurse, lost both her legs after a landmine exploded near her in eastern Ukraine on 27 March.

This is the moment newlyweds Oksana Balandina and Viktor Vasyliv shared their first dance in a ward at a Lviv hospital.

Balandina, a 23-year-old nurse, lost both her legs after a landmine exploded near her in eastern Ukraine on 27 March. 

The couple had been walking home on a "familiar path" in the city of Lysychansk, in the Luhansk region, when Balandina turned to warn her partner of the danger. Moments later a mine exploded. Vasyliv who had been walking behind her was unharmed.

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