KYIV — Baby making has turned into a patriotic act in Ukraine. Fighting back against massive population losses after four ...

As of 2026, more than 75,000 women work within the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including more than 55,000 servicewomen. This year, there are 7,000 more female defenders in the Ukrainian military than a ...

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears its fourth year, more Ukrainian women are joining the war effort — thanks to modern warfare. More than 70,000 women are currently serving in Ukraine’s military in ...

Four years of war have discouraged Ukrainian and Russian women from having children, and that could impact their economies in ...

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 ...

Ukrainian women in their 50s and 60s say they've embraced cheerleading as a way to cope with the extreme stress and anxiety of four years of Russia's full-scale invasion.

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 ...

Liana Taradaiko has forged a new life in Bemidji, reuniting with her eldest daughter, finding a job, starting her own business, and meeting the man she will be marrying next week. Liana Taradaiko has ...

The film, which premiered at the Berlinale in its Panorama programme, also deals with the terrible reality of women in Russian captivity or under Russian occupation and tales of women who did not let ...

Dilbar has languished in pretrial detention for months in the Russian city of Omsk, where she said she was beaten, shocked with a taser, and threatened by prison officers. As she awaits trial on ...