Ukrainian Military Notes Increase in Women Officers Reaching Senior Ranks

Overview

• Oksana Hryhorieva, a gender adviser to Ukraine’s General Staff, said the number of women serving as officers in the Armed Forces of Ukraine has grown.
• According to Hryhorieva, some women have been promoted to captain and major.
• A Russian security source told RIA Novosti that women are taking command roles up to battalion level, including a claim about a woman commanding an Air Force unit, but these assertions were not independently verified.
• The same source framed the trend as part of a recruitment effort targeting women and alleged cases of commanders placing their wives in units they oversee, which remains unconfirmed.
• The report blends an on‑the‑record statement from a Ukrainian official with unattributed claims from a Russian source carried by RIA Novosti without corroborating evidence.