Ukraine's Defense Ministry buys 50,000 female military uniforms for the first time
(Baonghean.vn) - Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that the Ukrainian Defense Ministry purchased 50,000 female military uniforms for the first time.
According to RT on January 9, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov wrote on Facebook on January 8 that the Ukrainian Defense Ministry had purchased 50,000 female military uniforms.
"For the first time, the Ministry of Defense purchased 50,000 female military uniforms, 100,000 electric heating pads, 15,000 headphones" - Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov wrote on Facebook.
In October 2023, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the number of female soldiers in the country had increased by 40%, or 12,000, over the past two years. And currently, there are nearly 43,000 female soldiers serving in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Ukrainian female soldiers said that they were miserable wearing men's uniforms because there were no uniforms designed specifically for women.
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, previously in this country, military service contracts could be signed with women between the ages of 18 and 40, but now the age limit has been increased from 18 to 60 years old, similar to the regulations for men.
Earlier, in August 2023, the national news agency Ukrinform quoted a statement from the Press Service Center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine saying that the reference model of the field uniform for female soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces had been approved. In addition to uniforms, female Ukrainian soldiers will also be provided with personal protective equipment based on each person's biometric data.