Don't mess with these cookies-Ukraine's female soldiers pose in ballgowns with the weapons they have used to fight Russian

 ...the eyes tell the story, lots of pain reflected

Organizers - who posted the results on Facebook - said: "Thousands of women have gone through the horrors of war during past two years"

'We could not imagine how amazing these women who are protecting Ukraine are.'

 'We picked twelve female warriors. Our aim is not to idealize them but to show them as they are'.

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A woman named Nadya poses with a black pistol next to a sports car while wearing a cream and red dress. Organizers of the photo shoot said they wanted to portray what the models' lives would be like without the war

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Regina opted for a minimalist approach - here she is pictured in a simple purple dress holding a knife

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A model named Irinia wears an extravagant blue dress, while holding a sniper rifle she is armed with during the conflict in the country's east

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An assault rifle sits in the background of this photo of Olga, while her combat boots and radio equipment are used as props

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Victoria wears a silky green dress, while holding an assault rifle and ammunition pack which are common among both male and female soldiers in the Ukrainian army

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Ksyusha clutches an assault rifle as she poses in a ballgown - in front of a full sized set of knight's Armour

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This model, named Olena Sontseslava, opted to wear a beige ballgown and used a medical pack, camouflage clothing and an assault rifle as props

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A woman named Diana wears a sparkling gold dress while clutching an assault rifle and wearing protective army-issued fingerless gloves

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The incredible ballgown dress flows down to the ground, where her protective vest and ammunition pack lies

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Olena was pictured in a glittering black ballgown, who she too held her assault with an ammunition clip painted in the colours of the Ukrainian national flag

Her dress featured a split that ran up her left thigh, while on the ground sits the medical pack she uses to treat those injured on the front lines of the conflict against the Russia-backed separatists

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This woman was also identified only by her first name Inna. She holds her handgun while wearing a flowing red dress beside a grand piano

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Marusya Zvirobiy modelled a purple and blue ballgown - and her fearsome-looking fixed-stand machine gun