A Ukrainian delegation visited the White House to seek speedier U.S. assistance as officials in Kramatorsk said at least 50 civilians – including five children – died.
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Date: Jul - 04 - 2021 , 10:46
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Plans by Ukraine s defence ministry to have female soldiers march in high heels instead of army boots in a parade next month have caused angry reactions.
Iryna Gerashchenko, an opposition member of parliament, said it was sexism, not equality.
Ukraine is preparing to stage a military parade on 24 August to mark 30 years of independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The defence ministry says the shoes are part of regulation-dress uniform.
Many in Ukraine expressed shock at the plan, with a group of lawmakers calling on Defence Minister Andriy Taran to offer an apology.
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(Photo : Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A Ukrainian woman wearing a face mask amid the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic during a march to the 78th anniversary of the founding of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in central Kyiv, Ukraine on 14 October 2020. Thousands of activists of different nationalist parties and movements marched in the center of the Ukrainian capital marking the founding of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army on the Defender of Ukraine Day. The Ukrainian Insurgent Army or UPA fought for Ukrainian independence against the Red Army and the Nazi Wehrmacht during the WWII.