She is not a soldier. She was imprisoned when the war began because she was visiting her cancer-stricken father in Crimea, their homeland.
Leniye can’t be free on her own native land, which she is unlikely to see again with her own eyes until it is liberated from her oppressors, kidnappers, and tormentors.
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And finally, there are soldiers from Azov, mostly woman
[A short video](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1ffu49t/leniye_umerova_is_a_crimean_tatar_who_went_to/) of Leniye Umerova, a Crimean Tatar civilian kidnapped and imprisoned for over 2 years, just after she was returned to Ukraine in this exchange.
She is not a soldier. She was imprisoned when the war began because she was visiting her cancer-stricken father in Crimea, their homeland.
Leniye can’t be free on her own native land, which she is unlikely to see again with her own eyes until it is liberated from her oppressors, kidnappers, and tormentors.