Many passersby raise their heads when walking past the Princess Olga monument in downtown Kyiv. In early September, body armor mysteriously appeared on the statue. Led by the Ukrainian Armor manufacturer, the initiative called for supplying Ukrainian female soldiers with modern anatomic armor designed to fit their bodies.
At the start of the Ukraine war, thousands of women were risking their lives wearing ill-fitting combats designed for men. Iryna Nykorak has ripped up the army rule book
Ukraine's Defense Ministry has adapted a summer field uniform specifically designed by volunteers for the country's tens of thousands of female soldiers amid the Russian invasion. Production has not yet begun, but one soldier says, "We're getting there, and that's wonderful."
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