Lt. Col. Olga “Korsha” Katsura is the first female head of Moscow’s military to die since the invasion began in February. Kachura, 52, was killed instantly when a rocket hit her car in the Donetsk town of Horlivka. A Ukrainian from the separatist region of Donetsk, where pro-Kremlin officials have declared independence from Ukraine, Kachura helped found the local militia and led hundreds of men into battle. During the conflict she gained near-mythic status among the soldiers of the Russian army, appearing in Kremlin propaganda videos where she reveled in taking the lives of her compatriots. “I like killing Ukrainians every time,” says Kachura
