RFE/RL Ukrainian Service
US-made weapons continue to be actively used on Ukraine's battlefields despite a temporary pause in military aid from the United States.
US-made weapons continued to be actively used on Ukraine's battlefields despite a temporary pause in military aid from the United States. RFE/RL's Maryan Kushnir met frontline troops in the eastern Donetsk region who said the pause had had little impact.
Over 7,000 former prisoners have joined Ukraine’s war effort. Among them are more than 100 women.
Just as male prisoners in Ukraine may get the option of military service to lessen their sentence, women convicts have been increasingly joining up. They're aware of the dangers but say having their pride and purpose restored is worth the hardships.
