Female conscription is not being considered in Ukraine — Centre for Countering Disinformation

This was stated by Ukraine's Centre for Countering Disinformation.

"Currently, information is being actively disseminated that Ukraine is going to amend the legislation on women's mobilization. The Centre emphasizes that no law on mobilization provides for the draft of women. Therefore, the information disseminated is fake," the statement said.

"The issue of women's mobilization is not relevant today and is not considered by the authorities. Women can be mobilized to the Defense Forces of Ukraine only on a voluntary basis. There are no plans to do otherwise," the Centre added.

Rumors on female conscription in Ukraine

An interview with The Times is being spread online, in which Oksana Hryhorieva, a gender adviser to the commander of the Ground Forces, allegedly said that Ukraine would soon have to introduce female conscription.

At his final press conference in December 2023, President Zelenskyy said that he did not support the idea of mobilizing women.

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More than 62,000 women serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in combat and non-combat roles.

According to Deputy Defense Minister Natalia Kalmykova, Ukraine has the largest number of women on the battlefield in recent world history.