Duty and a Creative Bartender: How a Civilian Woman Joined Azov

Margarita "Margo" Koldanova once managed marketing for Kyiv coffee shops and restaurants. Feeling that volunteering wasn't enough, she began asking how a civilian could serve – then discovered a former bartender she knew had joined Azov. Their conversations became a relationship, and eventually a marriage. Margo now works in Azov's media team, balancing a modest salary, freelance work, and the strange rhythm of loving someone inside the same war she's fighting.