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STORY: Mykytenko smiles as she adjusts her new trousers, confident she's finally found a Ukrainian army uniform that fits after 10 months of war with Russia.

Mykytenko joined the armed forces long before Russia's Feb. 24 invasion. Both her father and husband have been killed since the start of the war.

Before receiving her new uniform, she faced many problems with army clothing designed for men which she said did not cater for women's wider hips and thinner waists.

"My waist is thinner. So I'd have to either wear my trousers on the hips, or get a bigger size. Then I'd have to tie them in with a belt, so they wouldn't hang or fall off," she said.

She now has a uniform produced by Stanyslav Bitus, a fashion designer who volunteered his services.

"We had long thought about designing female military uniforms but didn't have anywhere to do it," he said.

That changed when a friend suggested using a non-governmental organization's premises.