Russia begins military conscription of women to mobilize to war in Ukraine

Russia on Monday, Dec 12 began military conscription of women to mobilise to war in Ukraine to compensate for massive military losses of units of 1st Army Corps,  Facebook page of General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine informed in an operational update on Russian invasion. It ded, that Russians have intensified offensive in villages of Mizhvodne and Chernomorske in 2014 annexed Crimean territory. 

Russian forces were involved in crackdown on  ministrative, police, and counterintelligence officers in occupied region of Ukraine, military furr informed in post. In September, Russian President Vlimir Putin announced a partial mobilization, and as many as 300,000 men reservists were mobilized to fight in Ukraine. 

"Twenty-eight women have alrey been drafted and sent for training by Kalyninsky district military commissariat of Donetsk,"   Armed Forces of Ukraine said. 

"Russian occupiers continue to rob civilian infrastructure facilities in temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region. So, on December 11 of this year, equipment of local agricultural enterprises was removed from settlement of Rubanivka," General Staff of Ukraine furrmore notified in an intelligence update. 

'Many places [women] can be used': Russian Army

It was earlier speculated that as war stretched on, Moscow could soon start conscripting women into its war. Russian army Gen. Vlimir Boldyrev h confirmed  possibility of women fighting war as its troops lost large swaths of captured territories during initial days after  Feb. 24 onslaught. decision may have been me shortly after Russian withdrawal from Kharkiv region. “If women are called up, n re are many places where y can be used,” Boldyrev, who served as commander-in-chief of Russian ground forces from 2008 to 2010, h confirmed with URA.ru news outlet. 

“First of all, y [women]could be doctors. second is communication centers in rear. Also rear units, for example, food, clothing, repair, laundries, and workshops. This is ir main place in wartime,” Boldyrev said in an interview. 

ex-Russian military chief also noted that women may be rey to participate in conflict to serve Russian morland.  “First of all professionalism is needed. Specialists are called up for ir ability to carry out ir tasks. Women also must be healthy. ditionally, y require stamina, self-sacrifice, bravery, and loyalty to ir cause and country,” he h stressed. Kremlin's State Duma member Alexey Chepa meanwhile emulated an example of Israel's military where both men and women serve on frontline.

A State Duma deputy, Tatyana, meanwhile opted for a different tone on  decision, saying that “this is absolutely not about our [Russian] history." re is "always a male warrior and a woman who is waiting for him, guarding hearth. Women have always taken a different defense," he told URA.ru. Furrmore, he ded, that recruiting women should be a “last resort" for Russia. “On whole, war — it’s not for women. And women would be drafted only as a last resort,” he insisted.