
'Miniature universes:' The personal spaces of women at war (Photos)
War has long been framed as the domain of men, reinforced by language, imagery, and tradition. But after Russia invaded Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in 2014, Ukrainian women took up arms, proving that in the fight for national sovereignty, it is not gender but loyalty to one’s country that defines a soldier.
Photographer Marysia Myanovska’s series “Zone of Seismic Activity” captures the role of women in Ukraine’s Armed Forces — where over 70,000 women now serve today — not only through