The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that women will be registered for military service only with their consent,
KYIV. UkraineGate. 14. July . 2022 | Society .
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“The Main Personnel Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has developed proposals to include women in the military register of conscripts only with their consent. It is also proposed to start carrying out measures to include women in the military register no earlier than a month after the end of the special period in the state”, – the message says.
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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has developed proposals for making changes to the list of specialties and/or professions related to the relevant military accounting specialties, after receiving which women are accepted for military registration of conscripts.
The specified list was approved by the order of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine dated 11.10.2021 No. 313 (with changes in accordance with the order of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine dated 07.02.2022 No. 35, registered by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine this year).
“The order stipulates that from October 1, 2022, women who have the specialties and/or professions specified in Appendix 1 to the order will be entered into the military register of conscripts,” the General Staff reminds.
As noted, general mobilization during the war with the Russian Federation proved that about 1% of the total number of women mobilized were called up for military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations.
The majority of women are appointed to the positions of medical staff, communication units, moral and psychological support, clerks, accountants and cooks. Currently, the Armed Forces still have a need for women specialists in medicine, radio engineering and food technology.
“Thus, the experience of deploying military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations to full wartime staff proves that there is currently no urgent need in the state to significantly increase the number of women on the military register,” the message reads.
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Viktor Andrusiv, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs, said on the air of a national telethon that Ukrainian women who will be registered for military service from October 1 will not be banned from traveling abroad.
In January, the Ministry of Defense shortened the list of professions for women with mandatory military registration.
Source: Ukrgate
