When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, they thought it would be a short war. Ukraine fought back fiercely, refusing to surrender their homeland. The smaller country had to think outside the box to defend against a never-ending supply of soldiers from Russia and its allies. One piece of that strategy is the Ukrainians caught inside Russian-occupied territory who risk their lives to send intelligence out to the Ukraine military. Many of these operatives are women, sometimes called vidma. The word...

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