The Female Fighters of Ukraine’s Forgotten War

Ukraine: The Female Fighters of Donbass. A forgotten conflict has been tearing apart eastern Ukraine since 2014. Now women represent nearly a quarter of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but their involvement in the conflict is not always accepted. Subscribe to Journeyman here: Following the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, a proxy war emerged in Ukraine’s Donbas region between pro-Russian separatists, and government forces. Ukrainian sniper Yulia left her children behind to join the war on the country’s icy fringes. ’When our soldiers started dying, we couldn’t just stand by’. However, not all of her male comrades agree with her presence on the frontline. ’I understand feminism, equality and all that, but war isn’t women’s business’, says her male commander Vasily. For more information, visit Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: