Tochukwu Chukwu
s we keep finding unlikely heroes in Ukraine’s defense of the country against Russia, it’s time for you to meet Miss Ukraine: Anastasiia Lenna. We’ve already seen how urban legends ‘Ghost of Kyiv‘ and the ‘Ukrainian Reaper‘ are taking over the Internet by offering hope to the entire world. However, we forget that many women are also defending their country right now from the Russian invasion. War doesn’t discriminate between social status or wealth, absolutely every Ukrainian soul is currently trying to help in any way they can. The ones who aren’t fighting are also offering help through humanitarian aid. However, there are also many women who are willing to die fighting for their country.
Such is the case of Miss Ukraine 2015, Anastasiia Lenna, who recently posted an image of her posing with an assault rifle right before joining the Ukrainian armed forces to fight the Russians off. She is just one of thousands of women who are part of the Ukrainian military forces. In fact, the country has the largest female military force in the world with 36,000 strong women who are perfectly trained to kill. Although it’s unknown if Anastasiia is part of this military force, she has been posting pictures of shooting drills for years on her personal Instagram account. Meaning she at least knows how to use one of those assault rifles.
Anastasiia is very active helping through her social media.
Apart from her contributions on the battle field, Anastasiia Lenna is also staying very active on her social media by sharing stories supporting her country. Critics immediately jump against the pictures she is posting with the assault rifle but they don’t realize she might in fact be part of the female military force in Ukraine. Whether she is fighting or not, it’s important to note the presence of women from Ukraine in this conflict. It’s not just the men who are doing everything in their power to fight, women are also a huge piece of this defense of the democratic country of Ukraine.
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