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More than 50 thousand women currently work in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of which more than 5,000 are on the front lines. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar at the Second Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen.

«In addition to 38,000 female military servicemen, we also have civilian women who work in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, in total, we have more than 50,000 women in the Armed Forces. Today, more than 5,000 women are on the front line,» – she said.

Taking into account these figures, she noted that today, Ukraine has one of the highest indicators of the number of women in the Armed Forces among NATO member countries.

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We would like to remind you that a new system of enlisting women in the military will come into effect on October 1. Initially, information appeared that women representing 14 specialities could be restricted from travelling abroad, but Bronislav Totskyi, a representative of the Council of the Rule of Law Committee of the National Association of Lawyers of Ukraine, explained in a comment for us that there is no special law that would restrict them to travel abroad.

We should also note that the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Hanna Malyar, stated that the information about the mobilization of women in Ukraine turned out to be a Russian fake.

Translated by Vitalii Holich

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