Meet The Female Fighters Of Eastern Ukraine - Vocativ
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While there’s no doubt that women are arming themselves and preparing
to fight, some of the purported female fighters might be little more
than propaganda tools. A video published recently to the VK account of
the Donbass separatist militia introduces four masked women from Luhansk
who declare war against “the Ukrainian junta.” (Labeling the current
government in Kiev an illegitimate junta is a popular strategy among
pro-Russian separatists.) In the video, the women, dressed in camouflage
and toting Kalashnikov rifles, say they took up arms because they’re
“fed up.” Around the half-minute mark, one of the women issues a threat
to the all-female pro-Ukrainian battalion called Maidan’s Unit 39:
“Girls, you’ve got a chance. Stop what you’re doing or die.
