Ukrainian Women fighting on the front lines

During a cigarette break from the paperwork to prepare to take her artillery unit back to the front line, Plaksyuk told RFE/RL that the situation around Kreminna -- a key logistical hub that Ukrainians have been trying to recapture since their successful counteroffensive in the neighboring Kharkiv region -- is "under control but quite difficult." "It is hard to fight against an opponent who is superior both in numbers and armaments and does not care what he shoots at," she said by telephone.