A rather disturbing trend is ongoing in Ukrainian society, now that they’ve sent thousands of women into the veritable meat-grinder that is the war with Russia.
Now, the latest issue of Playboy is featuring Ukrainian women injured in the military conflict bearing… their battle scars.
The Scarred Beauty project assembled five women – including a veteran who lost a limb in combat – are featured in the famed hedonistic magazine to ‘tell the stories of women who have survived severe injuries and their rehabilitation’.
No one can be against the valuing of female veterans and civilian victims, but is Playboy magazine really an adequate vehicle?
The Telegraph reported:
“The creators said they wanted to highlight “female strength” and show that beauty did not “vanish after injury”. They added that it was important to “challenge outdated stereotypes” traditionally associated with Playboy.
Ksenia Sikorska, of the First Ukrainian International Bank, which collaborated on the venture, said: ‘We not only want to support all seriously injured people, but also to show, through the example of our injured women, that they need not only physical recovery, but also mental strength and psychological adaptation to a new body, support and understanding from society’.”
“Playboy wrote: ‘They look into the lens and the mirror to say, ´I am here. I am beautiful and worthy of love´. This beauty is not for comparison. It is to inspire.”
The May issue brings veterans like Anastasiia Savka, featured on the cover showing her prosthetic limb, a result of her stepping on a landmine back in 2023, while working as a sniper in Zaporozhie.
“Kristina Sanina, a captain in the armed forces of Ukraine, lifted her dress to show her two prosthetic legs in the photographs.”
Ukrainian Playboy has released a special issue featuring women who survived war and serious injuries. pic.twitter.com/bTb9AQBfzr
— Sander (@SanderRegter) May 8, 2025
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