Nicholas D. Kristof: 'While registering for military service is compulsory for men, women can choose to volunteer. After the invasion, many did so, and almost 60,000 women are now in the Ukrainian armed forces, sometimes filling combat roles.'
Albina Strelets stands in the holding cell of a police station in Balakliya, Ukraine where she had been held captive by Russian forces during their occupation of the town, on Nov. 4, 2022. “I really wanted this area to be liberated,” said Strelets, who was detained after she transmitted information to the Ukrainian side.Ukraine is a traditional and sexist society caught in a grueling artillery war with Russia, so the last person you’d expect to see in an army uniform is a grandma.
Today in the war in Ukraine, the sexism of Russian troops may have hurt them, because they did not always realize what women are capable of. One of the early female volunteers, Anastasiia Kolesnyk, a 25-year-old marketer who signed up on the first day of the war along with her boyfriend, complained to family members, who found better-fitting uniforms for her and her friends.
While women can also serve in the Russian military and intelligence service, few women appear to be in Russia’s invading force in Ukraine.
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