Ukrainian Women Troops Marching in Heels Spark Outrage
Voice of America
KYIV - Ukrainian authorities found themselves buried in controversy Friday after official pictures showed women soldiers practicing for a parade in heels.
Ukraine is preparing to stage a military parade next month to mark 30 years of independence following the Soviet Union's breakup, and the defense ministry released photographs of fatigue-clad women soldiers marching in mid-heel black pumps. "Today, for the first time, training takes place in heeled shoes," cadet Ivanna Medvid was quoted as saying by the defense ministry's information site ArmiaInform. "It is slightly harder than in army boots, but we are trying," Medvid added in comments released on Thursday.Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024. Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. A member of the bomb squad of the Israeli police collects debris after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck in the Israeli city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024.