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Olena from Hostomel searches for her sister Liudmyla who disappeared together with her husband from Hostomel while the russians occupied it. On March 22, Liudmyla came under fire. She suffered serious leg wounds. russian soldiers took her purportedly to the military hospital. Ihor, her husband, went there together with his wife. However, they never came back from the hospital.

It has become known by now that Ihor is kept in a pre-trial detainment facility in russia, and no information is available as to what happened to Liudmyla. After Hostomel had been liberated from russians, Olena submitted a statement to the World Organization Against Torture. She hopes to find out what happened to her sister and where she is.

• casualties
• russian crimes
• women
• Kyiv

Plotting the course, determining the vessel’s location, or calculating its movements are the navigator’s duties on a vessel.  These jobs are usually done by men. However, Yevheniia Bakai is the first female navigator of the Navy of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. She mastered the Ship Navigation specialty some time ago and then practiced her skills on ships and powerboats of the Ukrainian Navy. Currently, she is a crew member on one of the combat vessels.

• military
• women