THE FEMALE "FACE" OF UKRAINE’S WAR AGAINST THE RUSSIAN AGGRESSOR
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/2520-2626/2022.30.4
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The Author analyzes the role of Ukrainian women in the war with the Russian aggressor. Attention is focused on the gender dimension of modern warfare, including in the context of NATO‟s political principles on gender issues. It is noted that this war also has a "female face", as was said, for example, by the first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska.
Today, 17% of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are women. All of them in the army of Ukraine even before this war were 23% of the total number of personnel. More than 1,000 female servicemen became commanders. Today, Ukraine remains a NATO partner country, therefore compliance with provisions 1325, 1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106, 2122, 2422, 2467 and 2493 of the UN Security Council Resolution on women, peace and security, which are the basis of gender policy as a United Nations, as well as NATO, is not canceled. It is noted that a number of military professions (sharpshooters, scouts, hospitalists) are more successfully performed by women, as the experience of the Second World War and NATO military operations proved.
The life strategies of not only combatants, but also non-combatants are analyzed. Attention is also paid to such an irritating topic as the participation of women in the fight against Ukraine on the side of the separatists in ORDLO.
Examples of the participation of women in Ukrainian territories in military operations in historical times are also given. The modern civilized world perceived with great surprise and amazement the ability of Ukrainians to resist the aggressor. The foreign press is actively searching for the roots of courage, dignity and stability of the Ukrainian people. As for Ukrainian women, it will not be superfluous to turn to the historical past, which has many heroic pages that will help to understand the truth about the Ukrainian people. The article concludes that gender consolidation, mutual respect and understanding of women and men fighting together against the Rashism will only contribute to the movement towards Ukraine‟s victory in the war against the Russian aggressor.
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