Women in the Ukrainian military

First-year students of the Kharkiv National Air Force University on the day of taking their military oath of loyalty to the Ukrainian people (2018)
Yuliia Paievska, paramedic, founder of the "Taira's Angels" evacuation medical unit. Spending March–June 2022 in Russian captivity, she became a symbol of bravery and sacrifice.[1]

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]

Initially restricted to traditional female roles such as nurses and rear echelon radio operators, gradually, after the February 2022 invasion, the Ukraine government introduced rules that allowed women to drive trucks in combat zones, to serve in the infantry as drone operators, machine gunners, or snipers, to become tank commanders and in Ukraine’s special forces. Women have been deployed on combat operations in southeastern Ukraine for several months.[3] [4]

  1. ^ Hopkins, Valerie (11 July 2022). "Ukrainian Medic's Months in Russian Cell: Cold, Dirty and Used as a Prop". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b Martsenyuk 2022, p. 1.
  3. ^ https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/23928
  4. ^ https://ukranews.com/en/news/943877-the-first-female-military-officer-completes-qualification-course-of-special-operations-forces


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