Kyiv builds new drone unit-only women are allowed to decide

And the Ukrainians? There is also movement in their army. This is how the Ukraine drone forces have started to recruit women for a new unit. This new unit of the “Unmanned Systems Forces” is said to be “harpies” and also include men. But those who bring about the final would only be women, the armed forces explain on their telegram channel.

To prepare for the missions, the candidates for unit should be trained for 75 days and commanded by a soldier named Daria, which is known under the code name “DSHK” and played an important role during the Euromaidan revolution.

“The” Harpies’ are a community of women who want to take revenge on Russia and their children, family and the state with drones “, write the drone arms on Telegram.

Women who join the unit can either be active soldiers or reservists who are mobilized. There are a total of 68,000 women in the Ukrainian army, 53,000 of them are active as soldiers or other military members in the Ukraine War.

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