War in Ukraine: Former Miss Ukraine ready to fight for her country

It seems as though it isn’t only the men who are preparing for war in Ukraine, indeed former Miss Ukraine, Anastasia Lenna has posted an inspiring picture on her Instagram account over the weekend.

Anastasia Lenna

Anastasia Lenna was Miss Ukraine in 2015 and was also a representative in the Miss Grand International beauty pageant. The former Miss Ukraine posted a picture of herself in combat gear accompanied by an assault rifle.

In her Instagram story on Sunday she shared:

Everyone who crosses the Ukrainian border with the intent to invade will be killed!

She also praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and called him ‘a true and strong leader’. Anastasia isn’t the only one preparing to defend her country!

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Many coming back to fight

As with most wars, men between the ages of 18 and 60 have been banned from leaving the country and are being encouraged to fight back against the Russian invasion.

However, many Ukrainians living abroad are voluntarily coming back to defend their home. Indeed, Ukrainian truck drivers have returned from Poland over the weekend to help the cause.

In Dnipro and Kyiv, citizens have been filmed preparing Molotov cocktails. The resistance doesn’t stop there! On Sunday, a crowd of unarmed Ukrainians used themselves as a wall to stop a Russian tank from entering their village east of Kyiv.