When Russia invaded Ukraine final month, Olga Kovalenko and Alona Bushynska didn’t abandon their residence nation. They as an alternative volunteered to affix Ukraine’s navy forces.
- Ladies make up about 15% of Ukraine’s military, in response to the Ukrainian authorities.
- Why keep? “It is what my Ukrainian blood tells me to do,” one soldier informed USA TODAY.
- 1000’s of feminine Ukrainian troopers fought in earlier wars, together with World Wars I and II.
Simply final month, Olga Kovalenko moved into her first condo in Kyiv, Ukraine, and bought engaged to her longtime boyfriend. Now she spends mornings cleansing her rifles and pulling folks out of bomb-stricken properties.
When Ukraine enacted martial regulation and banned males 18 to 60 years previous from leaving the nation after Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, Kovalenko knew she’d by no means forgive herself if she left her homeland. She known as her dad and mom and volunteered to affix Ukraine’s navy forces.
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