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At 16, Savchenko was already determined to become a pilot. She joined the Ukrainian Army, working as a radio operator with the country's railway forces before training as a paratrooper. [26] At the time she was the only female Ukrainian soldier in Iraq as part of the (2004–2008) Ukrainian peacekeeping troops.
Prior to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine's involvement in the Iraq War was the largest military operation ever performed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Over 6,000 Ukrainians performed military service in Iraq and Kuwait during the war, including a permanent presence of 1,600, and 18 Ukrainians were killed.
On the Ukrainian side, women were strongly moved by Ukrainian nationalism, while their pro-Russian counterpart fought for more personal reasons, like defending their families or homes. According to these authors, Ukrainian female soldiers actively chose "to go to the front. Those on the separatist side feel that the front came to them". [28]
This category generally relates to woman in the Ukrainian military since Ukrainian independence of 1991. Articles on Ukrainian woman who fought in the Soviet, Russian or other military should be assigned/can be found to one of the categories listed under "See also" below. See also: Category:Women in the Russian and Soviet military
Ukraine provided the seventh-largest number of forces in Iraq with about 1,700 soldiers from 2003-2005 – 18 of them were killed. [1] In 2004, Ukraine was recognized as providing "excellent support" in the American administration's campaign against "terrorists" in Iraq. [2] Public opposition to war increased in Ukraine following Ukrainian ...
Yulia Mykolaivna Mykytenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Миколаївна Микитенко, born 18 July 1995) [1] is a military servicewoman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, combatant of the Russo-Ukrainian War, recipient of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (3rd class) [2] and the Order for Courage (3rd class), [3] activist of the сivic movement "Vidsich" and of the NGO "Female veterans movement".
Lance-Corporal Jacinda Baker, 26, became New Zealand's first female soldier killed in the war in Afghanistan, and in fact New Zealand's first female soldier killed since the Vietnam War. [138] Sherry-Ann Edwards became the first female fleet chief petty officer in the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard. [139]
Women civilians, especially in the areas where the conflict has been most intense, have faced a range of issues. [27] The issues facing civilians in the conflict have sometimes been overlooked by the media, with journalist Alisa Sopova stating that "Some journalists who come to Ukraine in search of military action often leave disappointed, overlooking the experiences of civilians because the ...