Things Aren't Going Well In Ukraine

The biological male in the photo above is Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, according to Wikipedia , an American former journalist serving as a spokesperson for Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, in which she is a junior sergeant. . . . She arrived in Ukraine in March 2022, shortly after the full-scale Russian invasion, and has variously served as a war correspondent, a representative in aid negotiations, a civilian analyst with the Ministry of Defense, and a combat medic. . . . Starting in March 2022, Ashton-Cirillo reported on the Russian invasion of Ukraine from Kharkiv, Ukraine, primarily for LGBTQ Nation , often writing about the war's effect on LGBTQ people. A trans woman, she is thought to have been the first openly transgender war correspondent. The Wikipedia entry lists various official and quasi-official positions she's held in Ukraine: In Kharkiv, she worked closely with the Ukrainian military and police, and was appointed by the mayor of Zolochiv, Kharkiv Obl...