Lieutenant Liubov Plaksiuk, a Battery Commander in the 44th Separate Artillery Brigade, stands amongst the wreckage of Russian vehicles her artillery has recently destroyed.
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She joined the Ukrainian Army in 2016 to defend her homeland from Russian aggression. She is the first woman to command an artillery battery in Ukraine’s history as far as I can tell.
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She commands a battery of 2S5 Giatsint-S “Hyacinth” 152mm self-propelled howitzers. These guns are used by both Russia and Ukraine.
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Most incredibly, before the war she was a History Teacher.
Now, she’s a part of of it.
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Now, she’s a part of of it.
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