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Women in the Ukrainian military [a] have played active roles in the Revolution of Dignity, the war in Donbas, and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. [2] Since 2014, women have also been struggling against discrimination and for gender equality within the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU), with projects such as Invisible Battalion. [2]
Since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014, there has been a significant increase in women's roles in the Ukrainian military, including several positions that had previously been reserved only for men being opened up to women, resulting in the total number of women serving more than doubling. [8]
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 ...
The number of women in the military has increased significantly since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, with more than 62,000 women currently serving in the ...
Alla Antonova says she suffered beatings, had a plastic bag thrust over her head and endured many other threats from Russian soldiers in occupied Ukraine who wanted to know where her son-in-law ...
More than 15% of Ukraine’s army is made up of women, a recent survey conducted by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs showed. Since the invasion began on Feb. 24, more women have taken ...
The survey revealed a number of problems: Ukrainian legislation didn’t allow women to be assigned to combat positions, so they were enlisted as cooks, seamstresses, cleaners, accountants etc. while taking part in military combat operations as snipers, grenade launcher operators, reconnaissance soldiers, artillerists etc. This was done on semi ...
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