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NextImg:Ever more Ukrainian women are joining the army
Europe | Lady killers

Ever more Ukrainian women are joining the army

A growing group that is changing society

|Komyshuvakha|3 min read

Commander Twig and her girls pull into a café near the Zaporizhia front and order non-alcoholic mojitos. In the distance is the occasional thud of outgoing artillery. The word “killing” implies murder, which would be wrong, says Twig’s comrade, Titan; she prefers to call her job “liquidating Russians”. The five-strong unit is one of a small but growing number of all-female drone crews. Genitals are irrelevant to flying drones, notes Maria Berlinska, a campaigner for military women.

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Thierry Burkhard, French Chief of Defence Staff

France’s top general says Russia could attack in five years

Thierry Burkhard, the Forces Armées’ departing chief, says Europe has work to do


AfD chancellor candidate Alice Weidel is seen on a video monitor during an election campaign rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)

The German politicians who want to bar the AfD from government jobs

If the party cannot be banned, perhaps its civil servants can be


Can interceptor drones stop Russia’s terror bombing?

Vast waves of drones are overwhelming Ukraine’s air defences

Pedro Sánchez is fighting for his political life

Shaken by a corruption scandal, Spain’s prime minister is at the mercy of events and of his fickle allies

Why Emmanuel Macron has decided to recognise a Palestinian state

His diplomats hope it will make peace more likely. America and Israel say it emboldens Hamas