Ukrainian women train with machine guns outside of Kyiv, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian female cadets wearing new military uniforms designed for women train with Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles at a shooting range outside of Kyiv, Ukraine 12 July 2023, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian women took part in the testing of samples of the new women's field uniform of the social initiative "Arm Women Now" and test it under military training conditions. It's the first social initiative in Ukraine that raised the issue of gender support in the army and achieved the adoption at the level of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine of technical documentation for sewing underwear for military women based on own developments.