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In the first few weeks of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Independent TV reached out to a group of women who were trying to figure out how to survive the conflict. Victoria Bredikhina, Valeria ...
Beginning in 2021, there was a massive Russian military buildup near Ukraine's borders, including within neighbouring Belarus. Russian officials repeatedly denied plans to attack Ukraine. Russia's president Vladimir Putin expressed irredentist views and denied Ukraine's right to exist.
After Ukraine regained independence in 1991, a feminist movement began taking root. [9] As of 2010, there are several women's rights groups active in Ukraine, [11] [12] [13] including Feminist Ofenzyva [14] and Ukrainian Woman's Union. [15] FEMEN, the most active women's rights group in Kyiv, was officially closed in 2013. The organization left ...
Women have played a significant role as journalists in the invasion. [108] [109] Lynn Elber of the Associated Press has stated that the "presence of women reporting in Ukraine is set against a backdrop of traditional roles and expectations" but that presence has "changed the nature of war reporting. They cover the tactics of war, but give equal ...
Latest pictures from Ukraine 07:00 , Athena Stavrou Servicemen of artillery crew of the special unit National Police fire a D-30 howitzer towards Russian troops at a position in a front line (REUTERS)
In a rare challenge to the Kremlin, a growing number of Russian women are fighting to bring home their husbands, brothers and sons who were drafted to fight in Ukraine.. They say the men have ...
Handziuk was born on 17 June 1985 in Kherson (then a city in the Ukrainian SSR of the USSR, now Ukraine). [1] Handziuk studied at the State University of Kherson between 2002 and 2006. She graduated in 2008 from the Kyiv National Economic University and 2016 from the National Academy of Public Administration in Kyiv. [1]
More than 43,000 women are serving in Ukraine’s armed forces, according to figures released last November by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. That number has grown by 40% since 2021, it said.