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The leader of our Movement and our sister Andriana was wounded on the front and is currently in the hospital. This news has shocked many, as everyone knows her as a sincere and kind person, a loving mother, and a dedicated warrior.
" - Andriana 300, it’s serious, being taken to Kherson."
This short call the day before yesterday was like a triple dose of adrenaline. After that, hundreds of calls, messages, scary diagnoses, and bleak predictions were changing with moments of crazy joy when the worst was refuted. Dry words of diagnoses that changed several times during these[...]
13.12.2022
The volunteer movement in Ukraine is another front. A solid team of philanthropists based on the Women's Veterans Movement NGO has been working in the rapid response headquarters in Kyiv since February 25, 2022. Over 9 months of full-scale invasion, about 300 volunteers worked in the headquarters, from drivers, project managers for humanitarian aid, inventory of medicines, ammunition, to the net weaving workshop, and designers of the military workshop where they sew women's military uniforms and underwear. At the moment, the headquarters has processed more than 4,000 applications from[...]
09.12.2022
She is an air reconnaissance scout, a junior sergeant, a mother. Iryna "The Unbreakable" Terekhovych has been defending our country since 2015, currently she is the commander of the 1st reconnaissance division of the 128th Separate Mountain Brigade of the Transcarpathian region.
In November, we visited Iryna at the position and personally handed her many boxes with all kinds of goodies and a copter for the unit's needs. Always smiling and joking, Iryna is another example of a sincere Ukrainian fighter who gladly took up arms for the future of her children and her country.
In 2015,[...]
30.11.2022
Anastasiia has been in the army since August 2022. She was born in the Kherson region, worked as a journalist in Kyiv, her last place of work was the "Ukraine" TV channel. She changed the information front to the military front exactly 3 months after the loss of her beloved, Oleksandr Makhov - a well-known journalist, military correspondent, and the 95th Air Assault Brigade fighter. In 2015-2016, Oleksandr served in battles in the Donbas region, in 2022 he died during fierce battles for the small village of Dovgenke, Izyum area. The President awarded him the 3d degree Order For Courage[...]
26.11.2022
How to deliver thousands of first-aid kits from abroad and raise money at a photo exhibition? It's easy if you're Andrianna Matskiv, a volunteer of the Women Veterans and head of partnerships. Before the invasion, Audrey was engaged in real estate and after Victory plans to concentrate on the recovery of the Ukrainian economy and business. From procurement and international partnerships, from charity events to military rehabilitation, Audrey works tirelessly for Victory. Read more about how Audrey started volunteering and recovering from the stress of war.
When the invasion began,[...]
25.11.2022
Veronika Lytvynenko is a volunteer and designer of Women Volunteers. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine found the girl in Kyiv, and her entire family in Mariupol. She joined volunteering in the organization at the end of February 2022 - on the third day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. She admits, this is what gave her the resources and strength to fight, live and be useful to the country. Next - direct speech.
Back in 2014, when I was 17 years old, I heard the first shots and saw my hometown captured by the invaders. I was still a schoolgirl, I saw it with my[...]
23.11.2022
Let's be honest: what is it really like to be a woman in the military?
Nadia Garan — sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, simultaneous translator, liaison officer. In this author essay, Nadia shares her vision of what women are missing in the military. About career growth, support, uniform and personal medicine - read a real view of things from the Ukrainian military.
What do you feminists still lack in the army?!
After the news about the military registration of women and the regulation of men's emigration abroad, in the swamps you can only hear that "feminists should fight[...]
11.11.2022
After our victory, our veterans will return home. It is our civic duty to provide them with decent conditions for rehabilitation and reintegration into civilian life. It is time to launch programs that take care of our veterans, both men and women.
To this end, our veteran, a member of the Women's Veteran Movement Board, coordinator of the social department of the Movement, Yulia Kirillova, together with a delegation from the Ukrainian Veterans Fund, visited Washington.
Read more about the gratitude of ordinary passersby, what it is like to be abroad during a war, and how much work we[...]
09.11.2022
Stas Bitus is a clothing designer, now also known as a designer of women's military uniforms from the Women's Veterans Movement. Why Stas started sewing clothes for the military, how he met our paramedic Kuba and how fashion design differs from military design - read more in our interview.
Tell us about yourself and your experience.
I‘m Bitus Stanislav Antonovych, graduated from Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts,have an university degree of "Clothing Designer". From the third year, I did an internship, and then I worked part-time at a well-known Ukrainian brand,[...]
02.11.2022
When I meet new people, I typically introduce myself as a housewife. I do this partly as a form of rebellion against the unfair stigma that is often associated with this term. At the same time, my decision to stay at home was primarily due to family circumstances. Over a period of three years, someone close to me became seriously ill and we tried everything we could to save her. Unfortunately, we were not successful, and afterward, we focused on preserving her creative legacy. And just when I returned to Kyiv with my husband — literally two months! — the full-scale invasion started. I[...]
19.10.2022