Seven-track EP dedicated to women servicewomen of the AFU — release 8 March 2026 on International Women's Day.
KOLA presents the conceptual EP 'Amazons' on 8 March 2026 — International Women's Day. This is a seven-track mini-album dedicated to women servicewomen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Defence data at the end of 2025, over 67 thousand women serve in the AFU, of whom 5 thousand hold combat positions. KOLA announced the EP as 'a musical response to the immortal feminist myth of ancient Scythians.' Each of the 7 EP songs is dedicated to a real woman servicewoman, biographically. Among them: Yulia Paievska 'Taira' (medic-volunteer, captured and released in 2022), Olena Bidovka (sniper, Mariupol 2022), Anna Dolgareva (medic of the AAF 95th brigade), Svitlana Shvets-Bielousova (artillery platoon commander). The musical palette ranges from heavy electronica (track 'Taira') through folk-rock (track 'Trench Prayer') to a ballad with piano and strings ('Letter to Sister'). Each track is accompanied by a video clip with direct participation of the heroine (5 of the 7 heroines are alive and gave consent; 2 perished — archive video and interviews were used). The project's total budget was 1.2 million UAH, 700 thousand of which provided by the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, the rest from KOLA's personal investments. All revenue from streaming and physical releases goes to the Ukrainian Foundation for Bionic Prosthetics.
