In her little shelter dug in the ground and surmounted by a tarpaulin, Tetiana Chornovol watches over the horizon.
This former journalist, who became a deputy and then a soldier, commands a handful of men in a strategic position north of kyiv.
Its role: to fire on the enemy tanks which advance, in this month of March, on the capital.
"So far, I've knocked out two",
welcomes this sunny young woman, who always displays a big, frank smile.
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At 42, Tetiana Chornovol is used to fighting on different but equally perilous fronts.
As an investigative reporter, first: in 2013, she was the victim of an assassination attempt after the publication of investigations revealing corruption cases involving members of Viktor Yanukovych's government.
As an activist, too: in 2014, she was one of the leading figures of the Maidan revolution, during which dozens of pro-European demonstrators…
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