Ukraine war: attitudes to women in the military are changing as thousands serve on front lines

Western Morning News

Ukraine war: attitudes to women in the military are changing as thousands serve on front lines - Western Morning News

Ruslan Lytvyn/Shutterstock Thousands of women have voluntarily joined Ukraine’s armed forces since 2014, when Russia’s occupation of Crimea and territories in eastern Ukraine began. Over the past nine years, the number of women serving in the Ukrainian military has more than doubled, with another wave of women joining after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Women have served in Ukraine’s armed forces since the country declared its…