Zla Mavka is an all-female Ukrainian non-violent resistance movement that emerged in the occupied city of Melitopol in early 2023. After Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 three brave Ukrainian women decided that they had had enough of living under occupation. It was time to resist. The group is named Mavka after the female spirit from...

Mavs in the occupied territories are next to the enemy, we hear and see everything. We sharpened our ears and send everything you see and hear in your cities to the chat bot. Where do they settle, what do they transport, in which taverns do they hang out and when, everything that can be useful, to help "Mavka kitchens" and for our guys of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. About collaborators - of course.

"Mavka's kitchen" is our favorite. At first we were only doing leaflets and collecting information, but then it turned out that one of the women has access to the kitchen where the occupiers eat. Therefore, we have a safe opportunity to add something to buns or sausages in the dough. Laxatives turned out to be the perfect option: it would embarrass the occupiers, literally and figuratively piss them off. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, we did not see the results, but we were told that everything was as it should be. But it was a one-time action. For some time, a...

On July 20, the "Zla Mavka" movement launched a new campaign: "updated" the design of Russian rubles and "launched them into circulation" in Melitopol, Berdyansk, Tokmok, Kakhovka, Simferopol, Sevastopol and Yalta. «The portrait of Mavka on the ruble has a much better look»