[3] In 2022, Kachura was sentenced by a Ukrainian court to 12 years in prison in absentia, for serving in the DPR army, which Ukraine considers as a terrorist organisation.

][4] She graduated from the military department of the Donetsk Polytechnic Institute with a degree in software development for ballistic missile guidance systems.

[7] In January 2022, Kachura was sentenced by a Ukrainian court to 12 years in prison in absentia, for serving in the DPR army, which Ukraine considers a terrorist organisation.

[12] Posthumously, she was awarded the honorary title Hero of the Russian Federation, "for her courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty.

"[8] According to Russian state media, Kachura's funeral (which took place in Donetsk in August 2022) was bombed by Ukrainian forces, killing two people.