When Russia’s full-scale invasion began nearly four years ago, a 26-year-old soldier known as Monka didn’t see a combat role she could do. But that changed as technology reshaped the battlefield and ...

Prisoners nearing retirement age and female convicts are being sent to some of the most dangerous assignments on the battlefields of Ukraine.

As of 2026, more than 75,000 women work within the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including more than 55,000 servicewomen. This year, there are 7,000 more female defenders in the Ukrainian military than a ...

KHARKIV, Ukraine — When Russia’s invasion began nearly four years ago, a 26-year-old soldier known as Monka didn’t see a combat role she could do. But that changed as technology reshaped the ...

Female Ukrainian cadets, wearing new military uniforms designed specially for women, take part in a training during the "Uniform matters" event organised to present the outfit and test it under ...

With the largest and deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II stretching into a fifth year, the scale of the devastation wreaked by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukrain ...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine four years ago launched Europe's biggest conflict since World War II ...

Grieving wives, mothers, and daughters of Ukrainian soldiers held prisoner in Russia found a moment of consolation and hope on Wednesday when several of them briefly greeted Pope Leo XIV after the ...

Told that Nazar Daletskyi had died, his Ukrainian family buried what they thought were his remains. He turned up three years later in a prisoner-of-war exchange.