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☆ Pregnant Ukrainian soldiers are requesting special uniforms to fit their growing bellies as they continue to serve for up to 7 months into their pregnancies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A Ukrainian charity is helping to outfit the country's pregnant female soldiers. Pregnant soldiers continue to serve in non-combat roles until they're 7 months pregnant, the founders said. There are now more than 60,000 women in Ukraine's army, including at least 5,000 in combat units, members of Ukraine's Parliament have said. Pregnant women enlisted in Ukraine's army continue to serve up to seven months into their pregnancy, the couple said, necessitating uniforms that fit like "a second skin." "Imagine if we take all the men in all the armies in the world and give them female uniforms," Kolesnyk said.

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☆ Newlywed soldiers on Ukraine's frontline dream of growing old together: 'The main thing is to survive'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Two soldiers on the frontline of battle in Ukraine paused their military duties to get married. After a short honeymoon, the pair will return to fight in Donetsk, as they dream of growing old together. The pair's modest wedding was planned and donated to them by a Ukrainian charity that typically provides supplies for female soldiers such as combat uniforms and boots. "We will live," The Times reported Merezhko said after the ceremony. Dluzhynska's hope for the future was even simpler than her new husband's: "The main thing is to survive," she said.

Persons: Merezhko, Yuliia Dluzhynska, Dluzhynska, Khrystyna, Lyuta Organizations: Service, New York Times, Zemliachky, Times Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Russian

☆ Russia Says It Shot Down 2 Ukrainian Missiles Over Border Cities: Live Updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Anton Troianovski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Credit... Laura Boushnak for The New York Times“He has never seen me like this,” Ms. Dluzhynska said of the groom. But when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Mr. Merezhko rejoined the military to fight. About a month later, Ms. Dluzhynska followed, as a medic, to be near him. At the wedding ceremony, in an event space with a roof deck overlooking Kyiv, cloth azaleas formed a white arch. In his vows, Mr. Merezhko drew laughs describing how he had worn dirty shorts to their first meeting.

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☆ Two Ukrainian Service Members Take a Break to Say ‘I Do’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Cassandra Vinograd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The groom could not wait to kiss the bride. He kissed her when she walked down the aisle, and during the ceremony. He kissed her after his vows, after hers, and again when they finally said “I do.”Maksym Merezhko, 43, and the bride, Yuliia Dluzhynska, 39, both serve in Ukraine’s military and had traveled to Kyiv the night before from the eastern Donetsk region. The couple had been officially married days before, signing a marriage license in a stuffy room in Sloviansk. “It takes a lot of time to organize a wedding, and when you are on the front line, you don’t have that free time,” said Kseniia Drahaniuk, Zemliachky’s co-founder.

Persons: “, Maksym, Yuliia Dluzhynska, Dluzhynska, ”, Kseniia Drahaniuk, Zemliachky’s Locations: Kyiv, Donetsk, Sloviansk

☆ Ukraine is rushing uniforms for female soldiers after complaints that poor-fitting men's clothes are holding them back on the battlefield
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian female soldiers say they struggle with men's baggy uniforms and equipment. The military is now testing clothing specifically for female soldiers, officials and reports said. Her sister, Julia, also serving in the military, told The Beast that women struggle without equipment to help them go to the bathroom while on the battlefield. The women's complaints line up with those previously voiced by female Ukrainian soldiers. The group had sent out free equipment to more than 5,000 female soldiers as of March, CBS News reported.

Persons: Insider's Erin Snodgrass, that's, Yevheniia, Alina, Julia, Olga Ushakova, Anastasia Mohina, Alina Pyrenko Organizations: Service, Agence France, Presse, CNN, Daily, CBS News, Associated Press Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian

☆ Female soldiers in Ukraine are wearing 'huge' uniforms and suffering yeast infections due to a lack of women's resources on the frontlines: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's female soldiers are battling a lack of women's resources as they defend against Russia. The Daily Beast spoke to several women soldiers who said their uniforms are several sizes too large. Additional efforts are underway in Ukraine to address the scarcity issue, according to the Beast, which highlighted an event organized by the charity Zemliachky focused on supporting Ukraine's female soldiers. The group recently debuted a limited collection of new uniforms designed specifically for women at war boasting lighter body army. "I currently have requests for specially designed uniforms and other important items from at least 10 pregnant soldiers.

Persons: Julia, Alina, Oleksii Reznikov, Andriy Kolesnyk, Zemliachky Organizations: Russia, Service, Ukraine's Armed Forces, Ukrainian Defense Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv

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