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Women-at-Arms: Defenders of Donbas

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Gender differences ceased to be an issue as many women took up arms to fight side by side with the men of Donbas to protect their homes and families from the Ukrainian forces.

Despite the Ukrainian army launching constant armored assaults and artillery barrages, the militia forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic remain defiant. Gender differences ceased to be an issue as many women took up arms to fight side by side with the men of Donbas to protect their homes and families.

© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky  / Go to the mediabankLocal militia fighters deliver bread, medical supplies, children's toys and basic necessities to the residents of Horlivka hiding in bomb shelters.
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Local militia fighters deliver bread, medical supplies, children's toys and basic necessities to the residents of Horlivka hiding in bomb shelters.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky  / Go to the mediabankMilitia fighter at checkpoint on the outskirts of Horlivka.
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Militia fighter at checkpoint on the outskirts of Horlivka.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky  / Go to the mediabankMilitia fighter at checkpoint on the outskirts of Horlivka.
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Militia fighter at checkpoint on the outskirts of Horlivka.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankMilitia fighter observing the enemy troop movements during clashes between Ukrainian forces and local militia in Shakhtarsk.
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Militia fighter observing the enemy troop movements during clashes between Ukrainian forces and local militia in Shakhtarsk.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankMilitia fighter talking with a local resident during clashes between Ukrainian forces and local militia in Shakhtarsk.
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Militia fighter talking with a local resident during clashes between Ukrainian forces and local militia in Shakhtarsk.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky  / Go to the mediabankMilitia fighter at checkpoint on the outskirts of Horlivka.
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Militia fighter at checkpoint on the outskirts of Horlivka.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankMilitia fighters during clashes between Ukrainian forces and local militia in Shakhtarsk.
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Militia fighters during clashes between Ukrainian forces and local militia in Shakhtarsk.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky  / Go to the mediabankLocal militia fighters deliver bread, medical supplies, children's toys and basic necessities to the residents of Horlivka hiding in bomb shelters.
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Local militia fighters deliver bread, medical supplies, children's toys and basic necessities to the residents of Horlivka hiding in bomb shelters.
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