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Shortage of troops in Ukraine reopens debate on recruiting women

29 May 2026 at 13:34
Daria Dshk, commander of the Ukrainian Harpies drone unit, May 15.

Ukraine is short of soldiers. It is the main weakness of its army, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov acknowledged in January, and its commanders have been lamenting since 2024. The shortage of troops forces thousands of men in the Armed Forces of Ukraine to spend months in combat positions without relief, without rest. Could recruiting women be a solution?

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Ukrainian journalist Andriana Kucher, on May 15 in Kharkiv.Oksana Grigorieva, the army’s gender affairs officer, during an interview with EL PAÍS on November 5 in Kyiv.Marina, a soldier in the 93rd Brigade, last March beside one of the positions from which she and her comrades fight Russian drones.
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