what does it take to be a female sniper in a modern war? gunshot. what motivates a woman to take up arms? if it will not be for me a target, i will be a target for them. the battle against sexism and propaganda on the frontline. they ask me, am i wife of some commander or am i a cook? ..and the challenges they face on their return. how did you tell your daughter that you were going to the frontline? i didn t tell my daughter about this. we ve travelled to ukraine to meet combat women who ve become the faces of the war on both sides of the frontline. russian media call them nazis, ukrainian heroes. these are the real stories of two female snipers and a special unit sergeant who joined the frontline in ukraine after the russian invasion. my name is andriana. i am a soldier, servicewoman. a female soldier in the special unit of the ukrainian armed forces. russian media says andriana was killed, describing her death in graphic detail. russian newsreader speaks. ..and accusing h
mental health crisis, especially among women and girls, with higher rates of suicide. and the island hop that took three years we meet the sailor from dorset raising money for cancer research. on newsnight at 10.30pm: we ll examine the tactics that ukrainian forces are likely to use, as ukraine attempts to recover land taken by russia. good evening. we start tonight with the notable increase in military activity in southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say they ve launched several attacks, but the russians insist those attacks have been repelled. and there s still no official confirmation that this is the start of ukraine s long awaited counter offensive against the forces of president putin. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, luhansk and zaporizhzhia, the ukrainian attack on donetsk was said to be on a significant scale. but the eastern city of bakhmut is described as the epicentre of hosti
attacks but the russians insist those attacks have been repelled and there s still no official confirmation that this is the start of ukraine s long awaited counteroffensive against russian forces. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, lu ha nsk, and zaporizhzhia. the ukrainian attack on donetsk was said to be on a significant scale. but the eastern city of bakhmut is described as the epicentre of hostilities where ukraine s ground forces are said to be moving against russian positions. it his night time address, president zelensky thanked the ukrainian troops but gave few details on any advances. translation: in the direction of bakhmut, well done, - soldiers. we can see how hysterically russia greets every step we make there, every position we take, the enemy knows that ukraine will win. they can see it, they feel it into your stikes, soldiers, and in particular in the donetsk region. i would like to make today a
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