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|August 19, 2018 – UA – Дівочий батальйон: ТСН дізналася секрети підготовки до параду жінок-військових . Вони рятують життя, забезпечують зв’язок, ходять у розвідку і виконують величезний шмат іноді непомітної армійської роботи. Вже 4 роки поспіль – на фронті. Але нарешті вперше за 27 років окремий жіночий розрахунок пройде Хрещатиком у День Незалежності. Як готуються, в чому будуть йти і що їм уже категорично заборонили – дізнавалися журналісти ТСН.Тижня. Випуск ТСН.Тиждень за 19 серпня 2018 року
RU – Девичий батальон ТСН узнала секреты подготовки к параду женщин-военных. Они спасают жизни, обеспечивают связь, ходят в разведку и выполняют огромный кусок иногда незаметной армейской работы. Уже 4 года подряд – на фронте. Но наконец впервые за 27 лет отдельный женский расчет пройдет по Крещатику в День Независимости. Как готовятся, в чем будут идти и что им уже категорически запретили – узнавали журналисты ТСН.Тижня. Выпуск ТСН.Тиждень за 19 августа 2018 года
Women Soldiers in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (Збройні сили України [ЗСУ]; Zbroini syly Ukrainy, [ZSU]) are the fighting forces that protect and defend the sovereign state of Ukraine. Here you see Ukrainian women soldiers marching in the Kyiv Independence Day Parade on August 24, 2018. They include a battalion of 120 female military cadets from the Taras Shevchenko National University Military Institute and the Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies.
Their appearance in the Kyiv Independence Day Parade that day was greeted with thunderous applause by the people of the capital city as they marched along Khreshchatyk Street (Вулиця Хрещатик), the main street of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. All military and security forces, including the Armed Forces, are under the command of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and are subject to oversight by a permanent Verkhovna Rada parliamentary commission.
Defense Ministry Order No. 292 of June 3, 2016 permitted women to serve in combat units of the Ukrainian armed forces. As of October 2016, about 10,000 Ukrainian women served in combat units. According to Defense Ministry figures, in June 2016, some 49,500 women served in the Ukrainian armed forces, including 2,000 officers. Women are eligible to be drafted into the military as officers. In 2020, 58,000 women served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Before the order for women’s integration into the armed forces, women served in the volunteer Territorial defense battalions. In 2009, about 18,000 women (about 13% of the armed forces) served in the forces that protect and defend Ukraine. Nadiya Savchenko is one of the most well known female Ukrainian soldiers. She was held as a prisoner in Russia from July 2014 to May 2016.
In September 2018, legislation was passed to make women and men equal in the military and law enforcement agencies. Since 2019, both male and female cadets are accepted into the military preparatory school, the Ivan Bohun Military High School. In October 2018, Liudmyla Shugaley became Ukraine’s first female general. She was appointed head of the Military Medical Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine.
August 21, 2018 – Впервые в истории независимой Украины участие в параде ко Дню независимости примут женщины-военнослужащие. 120 курсанток военного института Киевского национального университета пройдут по Крещатику рядом с мужчинами. Девушки вспоминают: во время первых тренировок были даже слезы и сейчас с нетерпением ждут, когда 24 августа выйдет батальоном на шествие.
August 27, 2018 – Краса Українського Війська – of the Ukrainian Army
Hanna Yemelianova, Fragile Lady of a Steely Character
Head of the Medical Unit, Donetsk Region, Ukraine
July 16, 2019 – In the east of Ukraine, women defend the country on equal terms with men. This lady has spent a year in Avdiivka and has no intention to leave any time soon.
September 2, 2019 – A new school year has begun in Ukraine. In Kyiv, the Ivan Bohun Military Lyceum has admitted the first all-female platoon among the 300 new cadets. Our correspondent brings you more.
April 27, 2021 – WARRIOR WOMEN SOLDIERS OF UKRAINE ★ Military parade in Kiev in honor of the Independence Day of Ukraine. Khreshchatyk, Independence Square. Women soldiers in the parade line.
March 4, 2022 – Key cities in Ukraine remain under sustained bombardment. Sky News has witnessed preparations for the conflict in Kyiv with citizens, including young women, preparing to take up arms for the first time.
March 8, 2022 – As the war in Ukraine rages on, more and more residents are being recruited to fight on the front lines. Under martial law, men of fighting age are forbidden from leaving their country. It means many families have been forced apart and women are left with a touch choice – flee with their family or stay and fight. We meet the women at war who are giving up everything for their country. Europe correspondent Isabella Higgins reports from Lviv.
April 6, 2022 – A female Ukrainian sniper known as ‘Charcoal’ is being hailed as national hero after joining the front line to fight against Russians. The Ukrainian army has released images of Charcoal, with her face partially covered to mask her identity. Watch the video to find out who is Charcoal.
00:00 – Introduction
00:35 – Who Is Charcoal?
01:37 – Charcoal Dubbed Modern Day ‘Lady Death’
02:15 – Snipers Hog The Limelight In Ukraine War
April 14, 2022 – A forgotten conflict has been tearing apart eastern Ukraine since 2014.
Now women represent nearly a quarter of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but their involvement in the conflict is not always accepted. Ukrainian sniper Yulia left her children behind to join the war on the country’s icy fringes. “When our soldiers started dying, we couldn’t just stand by. If you don’t want to bury your own, then you need to bury others”, she says.
However, not all of her male comrades agree with her presence on the frontline. “For us, it’s strange to see women involved in war. I understand feminism, equality and all that, but war isn’t women’s business”, says her male commander Vasily, speaking from a bunker near enemy lines.
Her involvement has also taken a toll on her relationship with her daughter. “She understands, but at the same time it hurts her because for the last four – almost five years I haven’t been with them”, says Yulia. Olga used to work at Donetsk International Airport, which was destroyed in the conflict.
She now lives a stone’s throw from the demarcation line. “We’re scared to stay here, but we have no choice”, she says, “we’re hostages here.” Whether taking up arms or raising a family, these women soldiers all share a common objective: to get back to normal life.
Young Ukrainian Women . . . their nation’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts
August 28, 2022 – Ukrainian men cannot leave their country. By order of their national government, all Ukrainian men are ordered to remain in Ukraine to serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces or in some other authorized national service. This means that young Ukrainian Women are volunteering to become the backbone of their nation’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts. Really.
The classrooms of these Ukrainian women are the battlefields of Kosovo . . . dangerous deathtraps littered with thousands of unexploded devices from one of the world’s most lethal wars (February 1998 – June 1999) in world history. There in Kosovo, these young Ukrainian women learn the delicate art and science of clearing unexploded bombs, grenades, mines, missiles, warheads, and an infinite variety of other dangerous explosive devices.
While Russia’s “special military operation” (Russia’s war of invasion) rages on in Ukraine, these young Ukrainian women return to their country to protect and defend their homeland. Their mission – their responsibility – is to “demine” – to clear millions of Russian and Ukrainian explosive devices littering the battlefields of their own country to protect and defend the people of Ukraine. No pressure, just another day on the job. Who would you trust the most to protect your children?
April 28, 2022 – According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, female soldiers and officers make up about 15% of Ukrainian army combat forces. Since 2014, more than 30,000 Ukrainian women have become combat veterans. Those numbers have shot up since the Russian invasion. Mariia Prus has the story.
September 9, 2022 – Combat doctors, tankers, gunners, snipers, deep sea diving instructors . . .
– Why have they chosen to take up arms, to fight for their homeland?
“A modern army is a place for professionals. It doesn’t matter if you are a man or a woman. Only those who know how to do their job well should be here.
“We used to fight (measure our strength) in numbers of humans. Now (we) need to learn to fight skillfully. I will serve in the army because I know how to fight better than others.”
– a young woman Ukrainian soldier
“From the first seconds of the full-scale invasion, when (the Russians) try to destroy our country, the war is no longer the woman’s or the man’s business. It is the business of the citizens of this country. That’s why everyone who is strong enough, and has the ability, should protect it. All others should train and be ready to replace wounded or dead soldiers from the frontline.”
– Iryna Tsyrbukh, paramedic in the Hospitallers Volunteer Organization
“The situation is difficult. The orcs are pushing forward. We give them a decent rebuff. We lack artillery. We compensate for technical shortcomings with our professional qualities. Our morale is high. It’s even disturbing for the guys and girls to take days off, as they are worried that some real movement will start without them, and they won’t participate. We will definitely gain (win). Slava Ukraine. Слава Україні! (Slava Ukraini!) Glory to Ukraine!”
– Khrystyna Kudryova, Senior Lieutenant of the National Guard of Ukraine
September 25, 2022 – Ukrainian Special Forces Weapons Sgt. Andriana Arekhta joins CNN’s Jim Acosta to discuss the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
October 23, 2022 – According to the Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar, more than 38,000 women serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and 7,000 of them joined the army after the start of the full-scale invasion. Absolutely majority of those brave Ukrainians joined the army voluntarily, by choice. Watch Ukraine in flames #227 to learn why and when they decided to serve, if gender matters on the frontline, and what it means to be a woman in the active warzone.
Guests : Yuliia “Taira” Paievska, a well-known Ukrainian paramedic, recently was released from Russian captivity – Olena Bilozerska, Sniper and participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war since 2014 – Alina Sarnatska, first aid responder, Ukrainian Armed Forces (manager of a public organization and postgraduate student of social work in her civilian life) – Nata Kit, voluntary serves in Ukrainian Armed Forces (director and producer in her civilian life)
00:00 – Intro
01:40 – (Taira) “Injustice hurts me the most”
04:41 – (Bilozerska) “We were prepared for this war”
09:10 – (Sarnatska) “It’s not a decision, there are just no other options”
14:57 – (Kit) “Being a woman on a war I’m fulfilling my will”
15:32 – Outro
🇺🇦💰 How you can help Ukraine fight Russian aggression🤝🏻:
👉🏻 Come back alive – https://bit.ly/3Ct6O2L (works directly with the command and personnel of military units, purchasing infrared thermal imaging cameras, night vision goggles, hemostatics etc);
👉🏻 CO Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation – https://bit.ly/3Svas1G (purchases supplies for Ukrainian army, such as armor, ammunition, first-aid kits, cars and ATV, humanitarian aid for civilians, and food for animals);
👉🏻 UNITED 24 – https://bit.ly/3M2mXiT (was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of the National Bank of Ukraine and allocated by assigned ministries to cover the most pressing needs)
👉🏻 Army SOS – https://bit.ly/3UYK168 (manages purchases of necessary ammunition, shields, intercommunication and reconnaissance facilities, etc. and delivers all goods directly);
👉🏻 Vostok SOS – https://bit.ly/3Ruut75 (raising funds for various needs of the army);
👉🏻 Phoenix Wings – https://bit.ly/3RvWSd0 (the appropriate equipment & uniform, personal non-lethal protection (vests, helmets), required treatment of the wounded soldiers, and repair of the buildings used by the army).
November 6, 2022 – “The sound of explosions is very scary. “For me, the sound that will be associated with the war is the moaning, crying, and screaming of our soldiers,” says hospitalist Iryna Tsybukh, nicknamed Until February 24, she lived a completely different, civilian life. She wrote her master’s degree, was a media trainer, volunteer, and producer, and shot a film about children from Ukrainian villages that are situated deep in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
They never had time to present it in Kyiv; the screening was supposed to take place on February 25. See the story of how Iryna became a hospitalist in our special project, Women’s Power. The stories were created in cooperation with the UN Women Ukraine project “Decentralization Reforms and Community Security: Transformative Approaches to Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Ukraine,” funded by the Government of Denmark. The partner project is implemented on the basis of advertising rights.
November 14, 2022 – Southern Ukraine saw its first all-female prisoner swap, most of them soldiers. NBC News’ Molly Hunter has the story of two of those women who have returned back to the country after spending seven months as what they call Russian prisoners.
November 29, 2022 – Great Victory: 120.000 Ukrainian women soldiers SHOCKED the Russian army in the warzone!
December 17, 2022 – 120,000 Ukrainian women soldiers in the warzone are a shock to the Russian army.
February 19, 2023 – Battle Of Bakhmut – Ukraine’s Lieutenant Olga, callsign ‘Witch,’ tells a story
February 23, 2023 – ‘THE WITCH’ TELLS THE STORY OF THE FIGHT FOR THE BAKHMUT ASPHALT PLANT
March 5, 2023 – Thousands of Russian women soldiers are forcibly being sent to the front line.
March 13, 2023 – Women have changed the course of history time and again. What some women do at the most critical moments changes everything. Women’s decision-making style, abilities and intuition are quite different from men’s. Sometimes this difference can lead to a big change! The story of a female soldier in the Ukrainian army surprises everyone. The heroic soldier has become a great symbol in Ukraine! Now the whole world will talk about this heroic woman. As Anka Daily News team, we have compiled what this heroic woman has done for you. You can support our team who worked for a long time to prepare this news. By supporting independent journalism, you can ensure that such news will continue.
Many armies around the world do not have any female soldiers. However, developed countries now include women soldiers in their armies. Because the special skills of women soldiers increase the combat capability of armies. Women soldiers in the Ukrainian army are among the best examples of this. Ukrainian women soldiers became a nightmare for the Russian army! There are currently 60,000 female soldiers in the Ukrainian army. 5,000 of these soldiers are active in the war zone. Evgeniya Emerald is considered the most successful female soldier in the Ukrainian army. A very good sniper, Emerald managed to hit five targets with five bullets!
Let’s get to know Emerald a little more before we tell you the details of this event! Ever since she was a child, Emerald was different from her friends. While her peers played with dolls, she played with toy guns. She climbed trees and ran very fast. She had an athletic body. This attracted the attention of his father. He wanted a boy very much. So he raised Emerald like a boy. He wanted her to always be a fighter. When Emerald was nine years old, she went hunting with her father. He gave her a gun. Emerald was like a pro when she held the very heavy shotgun. She started shooting at the targets her father pointed out. Emerald was so accurate that his father was amazed. Today, 23 years later, Emerald is recognized as the most successful sniper in the Ukrainian army!
March 17, 2023 – Ukrainian hero destroyed a group of Russian intelligence officers. In many cases, it is only when one faces a critical situation that one becomes aware of one’s true calling. The irony of fate is that sometimes people end up not where they anticipated they would land and do not know what they were preparing for. But they accept this calling and move forward.
May 13, 2023 – Hero of the Ukrainian people: Ukrainian hero woman single-handedly destroyed the Russian team!
May 15 – This episode of In Real Life features Emerald, Ukrainian sniper who navigates a warzone and a pregnancy, carving out a place for more women on the frontlines.
May 29, 2023 – A 31-year-old lawyer turned commander has become one of the faces of Ukraine’s resistance against Russian invaders. While fighting in the battle of Bakhmut, Olha Bihar became a hit on TikTok thanks to her daily dispatches from the front line. Europe correspondent Steve Cannane met her at a training ground in eastern Ukraine.
July 20, 2023 – In this exclusive report, we dive deep into the frontline of the conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas region, featuring the fearless platoon commander known by the call-sign ‘Witch’ who orchestrates mortar strikes with precision and tact. As a part of the 241st Territorial Defense Brigade, Witch’s unique expertise and audacious spirit serve as the backbone for her infantry. Scripps News’ international correspondent, Jason Bellini, takes us into Witch’s battlefield bunker, where we witness the relentless drive of this lawyer-turned-warrior to protect her homeland, despite the overwhelming odds.
As she navigates Ukraine’s counteroffensive and directs walls of fire against the enemy forces, Witch’s story echoes the resilience of the Ukrainian people. As Witch outlines the tactical intricacies of fighting on foot in a landscape dominated by Russian minefields and artillery traps, we gain valuable insights into the difficulties faced by Ukraine’s infantry in their bid to push forward. Join us as we journey into a rarely seen perspective on the ground in Bakhmut, Ukraine, shedding light on the harsh realities of modern warfare.