Women living near military deployments describe a climate of intimidation that rarely reaches public view. Reports from independent media point to a pattern of violence, weak accountability and ...

At least hundreds of Ukrainian women and girls have suffered sexual violence at the hands of Russian soldiers since the beginning of the war. Some were forced by the Russian soldiers to provide ...

Russian-controlled authorities in occupied Ukraine are increasing restrictions on women's reproductive rights, effectively preventing them from accessing abortions, according to the NGO East Human ...

Her name is “Bond”. For most of her adult life, Tanya Bondarenko was known to her friends by her first name. But everything changed in the early hours of 24 February 2022 when she awoke to the sound ...

United Russia and local officials described the handouts as support for wives, mothers, and women helping the war effort ahead of March 8, framing them as a sign of “respect” and “comprehensive ...

In hundreds of official complaints, inadvertently posted online by the Russian government, soldiers and their loved ones describe a lawless and violent military apparatus that abuses its own troops to ...

Combat medic Olena Ivanenko, 44, whose military call sign is "Ryzh," takes a break from the front line in the northeastern city of Sumy, Ukraine, earlier this year. (Anton Shtuka for NPR) KYIV and ...