{"id":3236,"date":"2025-08-11T11:26:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/profzah.com\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:26:05","slug":"zhinoche-oblichchya-profspilki-zvyazkiviczya-33-oshp-anna-ga%d1%94chka-tereshhenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profzah.com\/en\/zhinoche-oblichchya-profspilki-zvyazkiviczya-33-oshp-anna-ga%d1%94chka-tereshhenko\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WOMEN\u2019S FACE OF THE TRADE UNION: Anna \u201cHaechka\u201d Tereshchenko, communications officer of the 33rd Separate Rifle Brigade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anna Tereshchenko was born and raised in the village of Sloboda, Cherkasy region. She grew up with her grandmother and grandfather, who from an early age instilled in her a love for her native land, the Ukrainian language, and culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna signed her first contract in the summer of 2019. Her decision to join the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was a thoughtful one, as she was raising her six-year-old daughter on her own and needed to support her.
\u201cMany people romanticize war. At that time, the idea of becoming a rear-service soldier seemed very appealing to me. The rose-colored glasses came off almost immediately when I arrived at the training center in Starychi, where there was intense physical exertion and tests of stress resistance. At first, I thought about leaving everything and going home, but I endured it all\u2014for the sake of my child and our financial stability. By the way, to this day, there are many girls like me in the military,\u201d the young woman admits.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Young Anna Tereshchenko during her contract service in 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Anna received the call sign \u201cHaechka\u201d near Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, when she, along with two comrades, was inspecting positions to gather requests for necessary supplies from the assault troops.
\u201cI always sat in the front seat of the \u2018Vito\u2019 van, right in the middle between the guys. Once, one of the fighters at the position said that there were two screws on the sides, and I was like the little wrench between them that holds everything together. That\u2019s how the nickname stuck\u2014Haechka, the one who gets everything done, not afraid to approach the commanders. There\u2019s no one like that in any other company!\u201d Anna recalls with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Haechka with her comrades on the outskirts of the city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region (winter 2025).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The full-scale invasion caught Haechka and her young daughter in a rented apartment in the city of Dnipro, not far from the airport. The family experienced the full horror of the first days of russia\u2019s war against Ukraine.\u00a0
\u201cNo water, the elevator wasn\u2019t working, the whole building shook from the explosions... The fear\u2014both mine and my daughter\u2019s\u2014was overwhelming! When I realized it wouldn\u2019t end quickly, I packed our things and tried to get to Cherkasy. But with trains and buses completely overloaded, we were only able to leave in March thanks to friends who came for us and took us to relatives in the Cherkasy region,\u201d Anna says with sadness.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Anna with her daughter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

According to Anna, after her first contract she was certain she would never return to the army. However, fate had other plans: civic activism, the fight for prisoners of war, volunteer work, and genuine patriotism once again led her back to the military.
\u201cIn February 2022, my friend\u2014commander of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine\u2014was trapped in Mariupol, which had been blockaded by Russian occupiers. Even then, he understood that no soldier would be allowed to leave the encircled city on their own. Knowing my temperament and stubbornness, Buyan (call sign changed for security reasons, as the defender is still in Russian captivity \u2013 ed.) sent me the contact details of the relatives of his subordinates, asking me to unite them into one group to share updates and news about what was happening in Mariupol, and later \u2014 directly from Azovstal.\n\nWhen Buyan\u2019s unit almost entirely left the plant and surrendered into captivity, I brought together active family members around our shared grief. We took to the streets with protests to draw attention to the catastrophic situation surrounding Ukrainian POWs. I coordinated relatives\u2019 efforts to search for and process information about the guys, formed groups for meetings with the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War and the Ukrainian Ombudsman\u2019s Office, and maintained contact with the command of the military unit where my friend had served.\n\nIn that constant rhythm of anxiety and stress, of repetitive actions that didn\u2019t bring the desired results, I burned out completely \u2014 and decided to go to the front, to directly influence the situation from within. I came at it from another angle, so to speak!\u201d the young woman says with a laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Anna with the group of relatives of POWs from the 74th Reconnaissance Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a rally on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Kyiv, winter 2023).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Indeed, 2024 brought Anna Tereshchenko back to the army once again. The defender shares that, when returning to service, she was fully aware of the risks and what might await her in the realities of today\u2019s full-scale war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVovchansk \u2014 that was fear! I saw things I wouldn\u2019t wish on anyone: death, suffering, severely wounded soldiers, mutilated bodies we couldn\u2019t even retrieve from the battlefield... But at the same time, I saw another side of life. The guys in my company constantly supported one another, didn\u2019t let anyone sink into despair, and helped shift our focus from war to finding joy in everyday little things.\n\nLater, under tight secrecy, we were relocated to the Sumy region and ordered to find shelter close to the border with Russia\u2019s Kursk region. We ended up living just 7 kilometers from the border in an old house with no electricity, no water, and no windows\u2014only sparrow and swallow nests, because that place had been their home,\u201d Haechka cheerfully recalls her move to the new location.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Presidential Award \u201cFor the Defense of Ukraine\u201d presented to Private Anna Tereshchenko.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cAnd after that, things were no longer so cheerful. We were told that we weren\u2019t there for defense\u2014but for assault. An incredibly intense training began in all areas: weapons, equipment, extended missions deep into enemy territory. Everyone was involved.\n\nWe ate little, slept even less, and before every deployment, we understood clearly\u2014someone might not come back. Fortunately, death passed our company by. There were only injuries and concussions.\u201d\u00a0
In winter, our unit was split into two directions\u2014some stayed in the Kursk region, while others had to go defend Pokrovsk. That\u2019s how I ended up in Donetsk. It\u2019s the most difficult and stressful front for me; I\u2019ve never seen so many deaths in my life,\u201d Anna recalls with sadness in her eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Haechka during a mission in the Sumy region.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Today, Anna Tereshchenko, serving with the 33rd Separate Assault Regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, alongside her comrades and sisters-in-arms, once again defends the borders of our country on the Sumy front\u2014and dreams of the Great Victory that will surely come!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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