“But still, it’s easier to be tired, exhausted but purpose-driven here in Ukraine than abroad. I have moments when I don’t know how to survive this any further, but you find that the idea of justice, the idea of the country, the idea of dignity, prevails.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/30/ukraine-women-wartime-wives-mothers-fighters-activists

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Wives, mothers, fighters, activists: the millennial women keeping Ukraine going

Born into an independent Ukraine, the lives of these young women changed for ever when Russia invaded their country, forcing them to shoulder huge burdens of responsibility

The Guardian