"Field tool for female Ukrainian soldiers amazes Amanpour" Topic

More than 50,000 Ukrainian women are under arms with the fight against Russians. CNN's Christiane Amanpour goes to a volunteer hub that is helping make the uniforms customized for women and sending other supplies to the front lines…

CNN: youtu.be/xGZhcaxF4l4

So simple and yet apparently not commonly available.

Soldiers should have proper and well fitting uniforms. With more and more female soldiers there should be no problem supplying them (in general) with uniforms fitted for women. At least not in the west. That there is a shortage in Ukraine I can understand.

But, pregnant women should not be allowed to fight. It is not good at all for the growing child to be exposed to loud noises and the hardship of combat related duties. they should be sent home.

There are plenty of "unpregnant" women who can fight. There is no need for pregnant women to be in the frontline.

There is no need for pregnant women to be in the frontline.

I quite agree, I hope most are going to be working in the rear areas, equally vital, but not so loud and dangerous!
Sniper? I hope she is in her first trimester!!!!

Female with child should be nowhere near the front. Plenty to be done in the rear …

You wonder what this does to the Ukrainian psyche?

With 50,000 female soldiers serving Ukraine, ideally there should be enough uniforms and other kit that they can be comfortable, sanitary and ideally equipped with appropriate body armor as needed. Given the Russian penchant for indiscriminate artillery and missile attacks, the front line may be more dangerous but anywhere in country is at risk.

I fully agree pregnant women should be excluded from the front lines but given an existential threat to both the nation and personal freedom along with potentially the personal desire for revenge, I suspect some may be very hard to remove short of force.

You wonder what this does to the Ukrainian psyche?

This conflict?

It seems that from the very beginning of the conflict, Ukrainians from all parts of the society have been trying to take active roles in the defense of their country, rather than falling into a state of "pathetic apathy". I would presume that this is good in terms of long term psychological coping of the events.

However, it is also having a strong negative impact on some of the people, especially children. Already back in the spring, there were reports of Ukrainian refugee families who had got out of the country with rather traumatised children – and this was relatively soon after the outbreak of the hostilities. For the ones that have stayed in the country – especially close to the front lines or in occupied areas – for much longer periods, situation would be worse.

In the long term, there will likely be plenty of Ukrainians with post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological troubles.

(Russian servicemen – those who manage to survive to the end of the conflict – will likely have their own share of psychological issues, but that is a different topic.)

IIRC, US Female soldiers when in the field, must go to a shower point every three days if possible. Cooks too, I think ? Of course, that was not in combat as in the Ukraine …

Male soldiers … we just hoped to wade across a clear stream or a heavy rain …🌧🌧