The war in Eastern Ukraine has been going on for over six years. A public holiday, Day of the Defender of Ukraine, was created soon after the outbreak of hostilities, and has since been celebrated on Oct. 14. It is mostly military men who are hailed as the embodiment of the “defender of the nation”. The events of the past six years, however, have shown that civilians and frequently civilian women are just as likely to take up the defence of statehood when it is threatened.
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A picture shows an aerial view of participants of the march marking the Defender of Ukraine Day on Oct. 14, 2020, at Kyiv's Independence Square.
