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More than 43,000 women are serving in Ukraine’s armed forces, according to figures released last November by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. That number has grown by 40% since 2021, it said ...
On 9 March 2022, the Donetsk Oblast governor stated that 17 people, including women in labour, were injured in the bombing. [9] [11] "Women, newborns and medical staff were killed" according to neurologist Oleksandra Shcherbet. [10] On 10 March, local authorities stated that one girl and two other people had been killed in the bombing. [2]
Ukraine’s authorities announced on 20 March last year that Russian troops had bombed an art school where about 400 people were sheltering. The city’s administration said many of those ...
More than 15% of Ukraine’s army is made up of women, a recent survey conducted by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs showed. Since the invasion began on Feb. 24, more women have taken ...
A Ukrainian police officer with two women in Kyiv on 16 March 2022. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, that began on 24 February 2022, has had a significant impact on women across Ukraine and Russia, both as combatants and as civilians. In Ukraine, the invasion has seen a significant increase in women serving in the military as well as a ...
In its report covering the initial period of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, from 24 February to 26 March 2022, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) listed four types of risks of sexual violence: increased military presence and activities in civilian areas, the destruction of homes and infrastructure, internal displacement, and high numbers of women and ...
The Ukrainian defence ministry said that the interval between activation of air raid sirens and the arrival of the missiles was too short to allow people to safely reach bomb shelters. [9] The ministry added that the attack occurred while classes were ongoing.
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