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As war draws men to fight, Ukraine’s women take tough new jobs in machinery and mines

Russia_Ukraine_War_Women_Working_02817DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Kateryna Koliadiuk was curious. The 19-year-old Ukrainian agronomy student spotted an ad seeking women to enroll in a tractor driving course and decided to try. But the industrial vehicle was huge and complex, and she wasn’t sure she could operate it.