Currently, women make up 7.3% of the total strength of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was reported on the Telegram channel of the media platform of the Military Media Center of the Ministry of Defense of the country.
The report of the Military Media Center states that the total number of women in the Ukrainian army in 2014 was 49 thousand 926 and 16 thousand 557 of them were military personnel. As of October this year (according to the personnel center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine), the number of women in the Armed Forces of Ukraine has increased to 62,062 people, of which 43,479 are military personnel.
As noted, women occupy almost half (48.2%) of civilian positions in the Ukrainian army, and approximately 5 thousand women are directly in the combat zone.
20 November at the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) statedHuman shortages are forcing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to increase the number of women in their ranks.
The ministry stated that the number of women in the ranks of the Ukrainian army exceeded 40 thousand people. Kiev has already raised the bar for female recruitment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces to 60 years of age. In addition, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine requested an expansion of the list of women’s professions for mobilization. Female doctors, in particular, have been mobilized since October, thus exacerbating the problem of staff shortages in Ukrainian hospitals, pharmacies and clinics.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.