412. The Superhumans of Ukraine with Eddie Scott
Battleground
Goalhanger
4.5 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Saul David and Julius Strauss travel to western Ukraine to visit the remarkable Superhumans Center in Lviv—a state-of-the-art reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation hospital addressing a staggering crisis of an estimated 100,000 amputees nationwide.
They sit down with Eddie Scott, a British volunteer who survived catastrophic, near-fatal injuries while conducting humanitarian work in Ukraine. Instead of returning to the UK, Eddie chose to stay and now serves as the centre’s Senior Media Manager and global ambassador. In a deeply moving and raw conversation, Eddie shares his journey of physical and psychological recovery, the unique spirit of unity he finds in Ukraine, and delivers a blistering, urgent message to a Western world he fears is growing dangerously indifferent to the ongoing conflict.
Julius Strauss writes the blog Back from the Front and also owns and runs Wild Bear Lodge, a bear-viewing lodge, in Canada. Check out both in the links below:
Substack: https://backfromthefront.substack.com/
Wild Bear Lodge: https://wildbearlodge.ca/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Battleground Ukraine. In this episode, Julius and I are coming to you from Western Ukraine. |
| 0:18.4 | We are sitting on the roof of the remarkable superhuman |
| 0:21.0 | centre in Leviv, a state-of-the-art reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation hospital doing |
| 0:27.2 | miraculous work to rebuild shattered lives. The scale of the crisis here is staggering. While |
| 0:32.9 | official numbers are closely guarded, it is estimated that there are now up to 100,000 amputees in Ukraine, |
| 0:39.5 | both military and civilian. But amid that sobering reality, you find an incredible defiance |
| 0:45.1 | and a profound sense of hope. Joining us today is former guests of the podcast, Eddie Scott, |
| 0:50.3 | a British volunteer who came to Ukraine to help, suffered catastrophic injuries and chose to stay. |
| 0:56.3 | Despite surviving a blast that cost him his left arm and leg, Eddie is one of the most remarkably |
| 1:01.0 | positive individuals you could ever meet. He now serves as an ambassador and senior media |
| 1:06.9 | manager for the centre. Julius and I sat down with Eddie during our trip around Ukraine |
| 1:11.7 | to talk about his recovery, the psychological front line of rehabilitation, his unvarnished |
| 1:16.8 | thoughts on Western military aid delays, and his blistering message to a Western world that |
| 1:21.5 | he fears is looking away. |
| 1:31.6 | It's great to see you in your, what's become your natural habitat now. |
| 1:34.1 | It's also wonderful to see you so positive. |
| 1:36.0 | Can you give us a very, very quick resume? |
| 1:38.0 | We've spoken about this a bit more detail. |
| 1:42.5 | And you also spoke about it on the pod before, about what you do here and why it's important. |
| 1:48.1 | Yes, I mean, my role, my job title is senior media manager, which is kind of ironic because I've never worked in media, I've never been a manager and now that put me in charge. |
| 1:52.6 | So we'll see how that goes. |
| 1:54.5 | But it's basically ambassador role. |
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