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I came home and wanted to howl like a dog, with its head up. Howl from pain, - the volunteer of UWVM Olena
On February 24, my mother called me and said, "Lena, the war has begun." Honestly, I was in a very big shock. I couldn't believe it. I did not hear any explosions. I woke my daughter up and said, "Get up, the war has begun." On the second or third day of the war, my godmother Nina and I got in touch and came here. Her husband and son immediately joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces. I had to do something because it's not in my nature to sit at home. Since then, I have been at the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement rapid response headquarters. Our task is to provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces[...]
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04.04.2022
I am ethnically 1/4 russian. In the first days when this started to happen in Mariupol, my russian blood boiled out with rage, - Veronica, UWVM volunteer
She is always calm, even-tempered, and friendly. Also, she can speak openly and without loud words, it seems, about everything she has in mind. So the story of 24-year-old Veronica, a volunteer of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement, is presented in the first person. I had a normal life. I worked in a restaurant. Six months ago I left Mariupol and returned to Kyiv and began to establish my life here. Everything went as usual, but there was anxiety in the air. I tried to get used to the thought of a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Burning documents at the Embassy was a key moment[...]
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29.03.2022
Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement Rapid Response Headquarters
On February 25, our NGO Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement opened a rapid response headquarters. During this time, dozens of volunteers joined it and thousands of people have already received the necessary assistance. On the day of the establishment of the headquarters, Kateryna Pryimak, Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement, started raising money for the staff's expenses on her own bank account. During this period, the card privat 1 received - 159500 hryvnias, 148795 hryvnias were spent. The card privat 2 received 492347 hryvnias, and 493241 hryvnias were spent. The[...]
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21.03.2022
"WE ARE A BLACK SHEEP IN SOCIETY": HOW THE UKRAINIAN WOMEN VETERAN MOVEMENT WORKS
Many stereotypes are associated with women in war. Overcoming them will take more than one year of systematic and professional work. This became one of the priority tasks of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement organization, which was created in 2019 and now has representatives in all regions of Ukraine. Activists seek to change society's attitude towards women in the army, to expand women’s opportunities in society, and to show that having a military profession is prestigious. This is a conversation with Kateryna Pryimak, deputy head of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement and winner[...]
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15.02.2022