with me is olga malchevska.krainian soldiers, have you been able to find roughly what that number is? it is a ve aood roughly what that number is? it is a very good question. _ roughly what that number is? it is a very good question. they _ roughly what that number is? it is a very good question. they try - roughly what that number is? it is a very good question. they try not. roughly what that number is? it 3 a. very good question. they try not to give the exact numbers, but what we have managed to get, with the female soldiers, currently there are 60,000 female soldiers in the ukrainian army but those people are in different positions, so in military positions they have over 40,000 people and right on the front line there are 5000 female soldiers. also we tried to get the number of how many of them are injured and killed, and that is where the numbers get even more sensitive and it was very difficult to get, but the numbers we managed to obtain suggested that at least 93 women were killed since the russian inv

our reporter, olga malchevska travelled to ukraine to investigate ? his is not something we've heard much about olga — can you explain. hello, thank you very much for your attention to the story. this information as you said is not new especially during this war. we saw how it started to attack ukrainian women in 2014 when russia invaded ukraine for the first time and extinction media, now we see a new wave which is extremely hard on the female soldiers. we see hundreds or thousands sometimes reported, calling them nazis, publishers, using their private social media pictures and include —— incriminating them and spreading narratives that they went to the front line to find boyfriends. they are attacking women much harder which the volunteer soldiers told us. it involves one particular case which we will tell you about and that drove me most when there was an article published in russian media saying a female soldier was killed, celebrating and graphic details. we find the woman and she is alive and we now have this report. small steps on the road to re

our reporter, olga malchevska is covering the story for us. small steps on the road to recovery.ldier and a special unit markswoman. andriana is one of the best known members of ukrainian armed forces. her unit drove over a landmine last december. russian media reported she had been killed, describing her death in graphic detail and calling her a "ukrainian nazi". but we have tracked her down in ukraine, in a hospital. we can't disclose its location for her safety. she's alive and not surprised by the russian news. they published that i am without legs and without hands. yes, and then, like, i was killed by them. they are professionals in propaganda. i am alive and i will protect my country. andriana, like many other ukrainians, joined a volunteer battalion when russia invaded ukraine back in 2014. she spent a year with the aidar battalion, which, like many of the others, was subsequently subsumed into the official army. although not militarily trained, andriana showed strong combat skills, including shooting. when you are on the front line and when you see a target, how do you f

olga malchevska travelled to ukraine to investigate and sent this report.man. a female soldier and a special unit markswoman. adriana is one of the best known members of ukrainian armed forces. her unit drove over a landmine last december. russian media reported she had been killed, describing her death in graphic detail and calling her a "ukrainian nazi". but we have tracked her down in ukraine, in a hospital. we can't disclose its location for her safety. she's alive and not surprised by the russian news. they published that i am without legs and without hands. and like, i was killed by them. they are professionals in propaganda. i am alive and i will protect my country. adriana, like many other ukrainians, joined the volunteer battalion when russia invaded ukraine back in 2014. she spent a year with the battalion, which, like many of the others, was subsequently subsumed into the official army. although not militarily trained she showed strong combat skills, including shooting. when you are on the front line and when you see a target, how do you feel abo