In the Polish segment of social networks, they are distributing photos of Ukrainian fighters and adding that “Zelenskyi lied when he said that women would not be at the front, they would be mobilized en masse and even mocked at them”. Actually, in support of this thesis they add photos of women practicing certain exercises while lying down.

It turned out that these were photos from training, created by photographer and correspondent Andrii Dubchak. That is, the photographs are real and there are fighters in them, although no one is “bullying” at them; they are training to perform further combat missions.

Previously, we explained the message that they were supposedly recruiting women “massively” from the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine because the men were “already tired”. And now Moscow is trying to work on this topic by demonstrating the negative attitude of the Ukrainian leadership towards its citizens. Allegedly, both women and men are already being recruited to the front. But there is nothing wrong with women expressing their own desire to serve. Kremlin propaganda presents such a situation as forced and irreversible: as if the Ukrainian leadership is ready to “recruit” everyone so that there is someone to fight. Although this is all the absolute will of the citizens.

Women can be drafted into the army only with voluntary consent, that is, forced mobilization is prohibited. Cases of forced mobilization of women were not recorded even before the adoption of the relevant law. Moreover, the situation of a child being left without guardianship, since both parents have been mobilized, is simply impossible. Indeed, according to the law, persons who have a minor child/children and a spouse who is already serving in military service are not subject to mobilization.