Teenager Lina Nazipova has always dreamed of following in her parents’ footsteps. Now she is getting her chance.
Ms. Nazipova is one of 20 young women who started classes on September 2 at Kyiv’s prestigious Ivan Bohun Military High School, the first female freshmen in the school’s history.
“My dream is to be an army helicopter pilot like my father and grandfather,” she told RFE/RL ahead of the first day of classes, adding that her mother was also an officer in the armed forces.