Russia has lost its first female soldier during the war in Ukraine after a frontline medic was killed by mortar fire in the battle for Mariupol. Valentina Galatova, 27 and a mother-of-one, died fighting in the Black Sea port city last month though her death was only confirmed by Russian media on Wednesday. Galatova was born in Siberia but moved to Voronezh, around 170 miles north-west of the Ukrainian city ...
