She grew up in Ukraine, studied accounting, and joined the army. But since Russia invaded, she did a hard career pivot — twice.

• Yuliia Kuzmina, a Ukrainian Army veteran, is training to be an electrician.
• Kuzmina now works at a power substation, many of which are under constant Russian attack.
• Women are increasingly filling roles in Ukraine's workforce due to a shortage of workers.

Yuliia Kuzmina's way of supporting her country is working at a power grid.

Kuzmina, 32, is training to be an electrician in Kamianske, a city in eastern Ukraine.

"It's a hard job," she told Business Insider. "You are responsible for the lives of people who work there. Before issuing a work order, you have to carefully work out everything and make sure there is no live voltage in the line."