The first time Lara Marlowe interviewed Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko in Ukraine in 2023, Marlowe realized that the 28-year-old woman army officer was one of the most extraordinary people she had encountered in 42 years of journalism.
Mykytenko was born in Kyiv in July 1995. She co-founded the ‘female squad’ of the 16th regiment of the Self-Defence Force during the 2013/14 Euromaidan protests, which overthrew the corrupt, pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. She married Illia Serbin, a soldier, in 2015 and joined the army to serve with him in Donbas the following year. Mykytenko briefly left the army after her husband was killed in a Russian bombardment, but re-enlisted on the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of 24 February 2022. She commands a 25-man drone unit on the frontline in Donbas.
Drawing from a series of interviews with Mykytenko through the winter of 2023/24, Marlowe paints a searing portrait of life on the frontline and offers insights into Ukraine’s past and possible future. How Good It Is I Have No Fear of Dying is a compelling story of a country at war and a fearless woman fighting for its survival.
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- Authors:
- Marlowe, Lara
- Year Published:
- 2024
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Hardback
- Illustrations Note:
- 1 x 8pp plate section
- ISBN:
- 9781035910175
- Number of Pages:
- 304
- Publication Date:
- 24/10/2024
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Apollo
- SKU:
- 9781035910175