In a video message to mark International Women’s Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to the female soldiers who fought in Ukraine. He especially greeted “the women who are in the special military operations zone and conducting combat missions.”
In Russia, the offensive in Ukraine, which started more than two years ago, is officially called a ‘special military operation’.
Minister of Defense: Mothers of soldiers are ‘patriots’
In turn, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu thanked the mothers of soldiers who fought in Ukraine. “You have raised true patriots and courageous defenders of the Motherland.” According to Shoigu, more than 300,000 women “serve and work” in the Russian army. Last year he estimated the number of female soldiers deployed in Ukraine at around 1,100; most of them had supporting tasks, for example as doctors or cooks.
Putin also issued a decree freeing 52 female prisoners, including those whose relatives were in the army.
In recent weeks, there have been isolated protests in Russia by wives of soldiers fighting in Ukraine. Among other things, they demanded the return of their men from the front just in front of the Kremlin.
Source: Krone
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