Women in Ukraine are not drafted into military service, but they can volunteer to join, and tens of thousands have done so since Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014. Yulia Sidorova and Kateryna ...

Sofia Demkiv says she is "truly proud" of her achievement after what she has been through.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More than 70,000 Ukrainian women now serve in the military, a 20% increase since 2022, with thousands deployed as ...

Her name is “Bond”. For most of her adult life, Tanya Bondarenko was known to her friends by her first name. But everything changed in the early hours of 24 February 2022 when she awoke to the sound ...

KHARKIV, Ukraine -- When Russia's full-scale invasion began nearly four years ago, a 26-year-old soldier known as Monka didn't see a combat role she could do. But that changed as technology reshaped ...

KYIV and KHARKIV, Ukraine — Maryna Mytsiuk spends her free time at a shooting range outside Kyiv, hyper-focused on hitting her targets. She's got to practice. She's waiting for a call that, any day, ...

Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine — The Ukrainian soldiers sat huddled in their dark dugout, all focus and nerve - Viktoriia’s eyes shifting frantically between two screens, Tetiana’s hands clutching a ...

KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — When Russia’s full-scale invasion began nearly four years ago, a 26-year-old soldier known as Monka didn’t see a combat role she could do. But that changed as technology ...