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Russia boosts efforts to recruit female fighters
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https://www.dw.com/en/russia-boosts-efforts-to-recruit-female-fighters/a-67289702
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 2 years ago
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A video posted to a Russian online platform shows a young female soldier with a baseball cap, holding a Kalashnikov rifle.
The footage was supposedly recorded in the area of Russia’s “special military operation,” which is what the Kremlin calls its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
They are said to be members of the Bors battalion, which media reports claim is a volunteer combat unit under control of Russia’s Ministry of Defense.
Another account on the same platform by the name of “fighting girls” specifically targets women, urging them to sign up and serve in the Russian forces.
In the above-mentioned video, Julia, call sign Demon, tells viewers she is currently undergoing sniper training and learning how become a drone operater.
Shoigu failed to mention, however, that more and more female prisoners were being recruited to serve in the Russian armed forces, according to Berlin-based human rights activist Olga Romanova.
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