More than 70K Ukrainian women now serving in army, as deadly war with Russia drags on

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears its fourth year , more Ukrainian women are joining the war effort — thanks to modern warfare.

More than 70,000 women are currently serving in Ukraine’s military in 2025, a 20% increase from 2022, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said.

When Russian strongman Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion in 2022, scores of young Ukrainian men lined up at army recruitment centers in a wave of patriotic fervor.

But since then, Kyiv’s army has been dealt a debilitating blow — an estimated 45,000 soldiers have been killed and at least another 390,000 wounded, according to the most recent estimates given by President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this year.

Thanks to modern warfare and technology opening up traditionally male army roles, the military has tailo