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Nicholas D. Kristof: Ukrainian women fight for their own liberation

There are almost 60,000 women in the Ukrainian armed forces.

(Emile Ducke | The New York Times) Albina Strelets stands in the holding cell of a police station in Balakliya, Ukraine where she had been held captive by Russian forces during their occupation of the town, on Nov. 4, 2022. “I really wanted this area to be liberated,” said Strelets, who was detained after she transmitted information to the Ukrainian side.