Nataliia is a servicewoman of the 147th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. An athlete with a fighter’s character, she previously served in the State Border Guard Service, worked as a signal operator, and is a participant of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO).

She met the full-scale war on forward positions — forests, MT-LBs, Grad rocket fire, and a severe wound. Two surgical operations — and she returned to duty.

Today, she is the chief sergeant of the material support platoon. In a unit where respect is earned not by gender, but by the willingness to hold the line.

She has been serving in the army together with her husband for almost ten years. The most painful thing is being far from their children. The strongest motivation is for them to grow up in a peaceful country.