Sixty thousand women serve in the Armed Forces, including more than five thousand directly in the combat zone - Defense Ministry
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More than 60,000 women serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of whom more than 5,000 have been directly involved in combat since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion many women have joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Today there are more than 60 thousand of them. These figures were announced by the head of the Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Defense Illarion Pavliuk during a telethon, UNN reports.
There are more than 60 thousand women in the Armed Forces. A little over more than 18 thousand are in civilian positions, and more than 40 thousand are actually are actually servicewomen. In the combat zone, more than more than 5 thousand. This is significantly more than before the full-scale invasion
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Mr. Pavlyuk emphasized that this dynamic has been maintained for a long time.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a proposal to to mobilize 450-500 thousand additional servicemen, emphasizing the need for the need for specifics and resolution of demobilization and financial aspects, which could cost Ukraine an additional UAH 500 billion. This is the question military leadership of Ukraine raised during the last meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
At the same time, Zelenskyy himself said that he would not sign the law on women's mobilization
