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The Center for Countering Disinformation emphasizes that women participate in the Defense Forces strictly on a voluntary basis.
Russian propaganda Telegram channels are once again spreading manipulated claims about allegedly preparing for the mobilization of women in Ukraine. Indeed, after The Telegraph published about the experience of women service members, propagandists stated that Western media supposedly launched a campaign in support of mobilizing Ukrainian women, the Center for Countering Disinformation reports.
It is noted that there are no decisions to mobilize women in Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence officially confirmed the absence of legislative initiatives, bills, or internal discussions concerning the introduction of such mobilization.
“Women join the Defense Forces strictly on a voluntary basis,” the statement reads.
The Center emphasizes that by using Western media publications, Russian propaganda is again attempting to spread false and manipulative assertions. The Kremlin regularly turns to the topic of mobilization to intensify panic and influence Ukrainian society.
As a reminder, Lieutenant Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and deputy commander of the Third Army Corps Maxim Zhorin stressed that there are no grounds for compulsory mobilization of women in Ukraine, since there remain enough men who can be conscripted for military service. In his view, if the state were to be forced to adopt such a practice, it would indicate problems in organizing mobilization.
Meanwhile, former Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov stated that women, together with men, should defend the country, and that the state should gradually move toward a model in which military service applies to the entire population. Responding to this statement, Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, noted that mobilization of women is not needed.
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