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Tetiana “Romashka” Nadieieva — Commander of the Logistics Platoon of the Asgard Battalion, 412th Separate Nemesis Unmanned Systems Brigade, member of the VETERANKA Movement
Tetiana Nadieieva, callsign “Romashka,” has been serving for over a year in the Asgard Battalion of the 412th Separate Nemesis Unmanned Systems Brigade. She is a logistics platoon commander, responsible for supplying everything combat crews need.
Asgard is a unit founded in 2022 that initially specialized in FPV drones but has since grown into a battalion with a wide range of unmanned systems.
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10.04.2026
This year, women service members — members of the VETERANKA Movement — were once again included among the top 100 leaders of the UP 100: Power of Women award in the “Defenders” category.
Among them are Daria “Hilka,” Yana “Multyk,” Dzvenyslava “Mahura,” Tetiana “Tango,” Viktoriia “Smetana,” Yeva “Yunha,” Brittney “Zhuk,” Rina Rieznik, and Kateryna.
This year, the VETERANKA Movement became a partner of the UP 100: Power of Women award — another step toward increasing the visibility of women, which is one of the Movement’s core values. The jury in[...]
25.03.2026
Culture Helps Solidarity supports arts and culture professionals from Ukraine to sustain creativity, resilience, and community connection during and after the war. Running until 2028, it combines three grant schemes (individual grants, thematic project grants and collaboration grants) and a rich programme of mentoring, learning, and peer exchange. Culture Helps Solidarity is co-financed by the EU through Creative Europe and implemented by the European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam) with Insha Osvita (Kyiv), zusa (Berlin), and the VETERANKA[...]
16.03.2026
To mark International Women’s Rights Day, the VETERANKA Movement launched a large-scale campaign titled “Women Can Do Everything!” along with a major fundraising effort of UAH 6,000,000 to support the units where our members serve.
Today, around 70,000 women serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with another more than 6,000 serving in the National Guard of Ukraine. About 5,500 servicewomen are currently performing combat missions on the most difficult sections of the front line. At the same time, the share of women officers has increased in recent years from 4% to 21%.
On[...]
08.03.2026
On the day marking four years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we share the stories of women who decided that day that they could not stand aside.
Many people rose to defend their country. Among them were members of the Movement — “Khymera,” “Vysota,” “Borysivna,” “Ruda,” “Lelya,” and “Niks.”They came to the military from different professional backgrounds and life experiences, but they were united by one thing: the impossibility of staying on the sidelines when the full-scale war began. Their stories are about evacuations under fire,[...]
24.02.2026
The VETERANKA Movement brought together experts and coordinated the development of the Methodological Guidelines on Organizing Services for Women and Men Veterans at the Primary Health Care Level. Specialists from different areas of medicine who have experience working with veterans contributed their knowledge and drew on leading international practices.
The Guidelines are now available for download on our website.
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These recommendations are especially timely. As of September 15, 2025, according to official data from[...]
20.02.2026
Community (Dis-)Connections: How Culture Helps and Has Its Limits
Culture Helps Solidarity supports arts and culture professionals from Ukraine to sustain creativity, resilience, and community connection during and after the war. Running until 2028, the programme combines three grant schemes – individual grants, thematic project grants, and collaboration grants – with a rich programme of mentoring, learning, and peer exchange. It is co-financed by the EU through the Creative Europe programme and implemented by the European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam) with Insha Osvita (Kyiv),[...]
20.02.2026
Yana “Multyk,” FPV drone operator, commander of the women’s UAV operators platoon “Amazons of Banshee” (141st Separate Mechanized Brigade), Junior Sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, sister of the VETERANKA movement
Commander of the women’s UAV operators platoon “Banshee Amazons” — on her combat path and how to join the unit
Yana Zalevska, callsign “Multyk,” is a kamikaze drone operator, commander of the women’s UAV operators platoon “Banshee Amazons” in the Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 141st Separate Mechanized Brigade, and a member of the[...]
16.02.2026
The founder of the organization Vshanuj was combat medic and journalist Iryna “Cheka” Tsybukh. She spoke extensively and systematically researched, among other things, the culture of memory. In May 2024, she delivered her first lecture on this topic for businesses. On May 29 of that same year, she was killed during a rotation in the Kharkiv direction. However, a team remained and continued to develop what had been fundamental to her vision. The organization was represented at the “Memory Polis” forum held by the VETERANKA Movement at the KSE Dragon Capital Building on January[...]
06.02.2026
Culture Helps Solidarity supports arts and culture professionals from Ukraine to sustain creativity, resilience, and community connection during and after the war. Running until 2028, it combines three grant schemes (individual grants, thematic project grants and collaboration grants) and a rich programme of mentoring, learning, and peer exchange. Culture Helps Solidarity is co-financed by the EU through Creative Europe and implemented by the European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam) with Insha Osvita (Kyiv), zusa (Berlin), and[...]
02.02.2026