“I wanted to be in a combat unit but, because I was a woman, they assigned me to staff work with documents for a year,” she says. Because I am in a combat unit, and we are like brothers. Alaska says she has never faced sexual innuendo in the army “because I am in a combat unit, and we are like brothers. Nobody will tell you, ‘You are a chick, so you are not going to fight and save me’. For example, at a time when many Ukrainian military are sent to western countries, men are given preference for training abroad.

Source: The Irish Times September 02, 2023 22:18 UTC