`Invisible battalion`: how Ukrainian women secured the right to fight on a par with men
(World News Russia)

For four years, Ukrainian civil society has been fighting in the war against Russia. The war effort came from below - and women are playing an active role. RU The instructor-paramedic Daria Zubenko at work. A shot from the documentary `Invisible battalion`, 2017, Ukraine. The protagonist of Serhiy Zhadan´s poem `The Recruitment Office` doesn´t want to join the army. It´s easy to understand why. Before 2014, the Ukrainian army was a wretched sight, with missiles crashing into apartment buildings and ammunition dumps exploding . Emerging from the ruins of the Soviet empire, this poor, corrupt non-bloc state hadn´t anticipated that it would have to put up much of a defence against anyone. The...