Ms Zelenska said women in Ukraine have faced “complete insecurity, the threat of violence” since the invasion, and shared their plights. 

“There are tens of thousands of women with children in the ruins of Mariupol. And one can only imagine what a nightmare they are going through.”

“I can tell dozens of such stories” of their experiences, she added. 

Ms Zelenska recounted the ordeal faced by Iryna Yazova, a doctor who remained in Bucha, the city that faced alleged war crimes when under Russia’s iron fist. 

Dr Yazova delivered a baby “without light, water, and gas, in a house under fire”, rescuing neighbours and strangers from gunfire, tending to their injuries. 

She then shared the story of a Chernihiv orphanage teacher named Natalia, who sheltered 30 children in a basement before a daring escape under gunfire. 

Ms Zelenska reminded readers that Ukrainian women “lived a peaceful, modern life” before the invasion, “the way Vogue’s readers in every country live”. 

“They were your readers, because there is Vogue Ukraine. They were not preparing bomb shelters for missile attacks.”

The first lady now lives “the same way as other Ukrainians”, with “one great desire: To see peace”. 

“And I, like every mother and wife, constantly worry about my husband and do everything to keep my children safe.”