{
  "id": 15358504,
  "title": "I’m a Russian Fashion Designer – Vladimir Putin Is Terrified of Me",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/im-a-russian-fashion-designer-vladimir-putin-is-terrified-of-me",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-18T05:34:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Post",
    "slug": "kyiv-post",
    "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/post/87234"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Anastasia Vistorobska, a Russian fashion designer, has become a combat medic for Ukraine’s armed forces despite her nationality being a source of danger and challenge. For over two and a half years, she has been treating her comrades and witnessing countless deaths in the brutal war. Before joining the Ukrainian army, she worked with Chanel and Givenchy in Paris. After the Russian invasion in February 2022, she decided to join the Ukrainian army, despite her Russian passport and lack of military experience. She underwent rigorous military training and eventually joined the Freedom of Russian Legion, a group of Russians fighting against their homeland. She is now a combat medic and head of a tactical evacuation team, working six miles from the front line. While she considers fighting against her homeland dangerous, she prefers to judge people by their actions rather than their passports. Her worst moments are when her comrades are killed or wounded. Despite her current role, she still has a yearning to return to her artistic roots and create memorial art from the uniforms of fallen soldiers.",
  "summary": "In his latest Ukraine dispatch, Lord Ashcroft meets Anastasia Vistorobska who gave up life in France’s fashion world to work as a combat medic in Ukraine… despite being Russian. For more than two-and-a-half years, she has been treating her comrades close to the front line.",
  "key_points": [
    "Anastasia Vistorobska is a Russian fashion designer turned Ukrainian combat medic.",
    "She has been treating comrades and witnessing deaths in the war for over two and a half years.",
    "Despite her Russian nationality, she leads a tactical evacuation team near the front line."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Choosing the battlefield over the runway transforms a high-fashion career into a direct act of defiance against the Kremlin by a Russian citizen fighting for Ukraine.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}