‘As of June 1, 2016, 49,552 women have served and worked with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 17,147 of them are servicewomen, including 2,092 officers, 14,607 soldiers and 32,405 civilian staff’, said Ihor Dolgov, Deputy Defense Minister on European Integration Affairs.
In February this year, the Ministry reported that over 15 thousand women had served with the army at the moment.