Women have largely been excluded as peace negotiators in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Two women, Iryna Gerashchenko and Olga Ajvazovska, joined Ukraine’s delegation to the Minsk peace talks in 2014 and 2015; Russia sent an all-male delegation. Heidi Tagliavini, representing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and Angela Merkel, then chancellor of Germany, were present in mediation and third-party roles. Women have not played a meaningful role in the intermittent peace talks that have taken place since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. However, women do hold key national security roles in Ukraine’s current government and continue to engage in efforts to build and maintain international support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia and provide for those impacted by the conflict. Olha Stefanishyna, the deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, has been instrumental in working to increase economic, political, and military support for Ukraine. Stefanishyna, who is also serving as Ukraine’s justice minister, is also leading an initiative called the Platform for Gender Mainstreaming and Inclusive Recovery to ensure that women are included in Ukrainian recovery and reconstruction efforts. Until resigning in September 2024, Iryna Vereshchuk was the vice prime minister and minister for reintegration of temporarily occupied territories, playing a key role in humanitarian efforts and prisoner exchanges. And Oksana Markarova, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States, has worked to strengthen Ukraine’s relationship with the United States and advocated for increased military and political support. While not a formal member of the government, the first lady of Ukraine, Elena Zelenska, has engaged in high-profile advocacy to build support for Ukraine and raise awareness of the significant humanitarian challenges facing the country, including millions of internally displaced people and refugees.