Ukrainians naming wartime infants after ‘well-known drones and anti-tank missile methods’
Ukraine’s justice ministry has launched a listing of non-standard names given to infants born since Russia’s full-scale invasion started in February 2022.
It says within the interval from 2022 to 2025, 1,440 newborns with non-standard names have been registered within the nation.
These embody names associated to nationwide resistance, historic figures and even “well-known drones and anti-tank missile methods” that helped Ukrainians within the conflict.
For instance, the favored names Jan-Javelin, Javelina and Javelina-Didem are all named after the American Javelin anti-tank missile system, which has performed a key function within the defence of Ukraine within the preliminary levels of the conflict.
Equally, the identify Artur-Bayraktar is one other mixture impressed by the Turkish Bayraktar assault drone.
Myrolyub, a well-liked identify for Ukrainian boys, symbolises the need for peace.