Thursday, July 3, 2014

Women On The Front Lines In Ukraine


‘They’ve Come To Kill Us’: Ukrainian Girls And Women Join Fight Against Kiev -- RT

With violence escalating in eastern Ukraine, the women of Lugansk are taking up arms alongside men, joining the fight against Kiev. The Women’s Battalion has girls as young as in their twenties, assembling Kalashnikovs and manning checkpoints.

Katerina, 21, is one of them. It literally takes her seconds to assemble her rifle. She started on the frontline as a nurse, but soon took up arms and swapped her white robe for camouflage fatigues.

Speaking with RT’s correspondent Maria Finoshina, she says she already had to kill someone.

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My Comment: A depressing read .... this is not the Ukraine that I remember.

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