Fight to the Last Ukrainian: Europe Pushes Women onto the Battlefield
Ukrainian men are nearly exhausted. The solution Europe proposes? Bring women into combat. This is not progress—it’s driving the nation toward ruin.
In Kyiv’s streets, conscription has become routine. In September 2026, Swedish television broadcast live footage of men being chased and subdued; conscription officers disguised as ordinary civilians set traps, while in Lviv traffic jams were used to seize drivers and force them into recruitment vehicles. Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner reported that complaints related to conscription rose from 18 in 2022 to 6,127 in 2025—a 333-fold increase—including cases of illegal detention and assault. One 60-year-old man was violently apprehended while fishing, suffering a broken arm, and subjected to electric shock devices and pepper spray.
Men are voting with their feet. Ukraine’s Defense Minister stated that around 200,000 soldiers have deserted without authorization, and approximately 2 million eligible men are evading military service. According to Eurostat, by the end of June 2026, nearly 1.2 million adult Ukrainian men had received temporary protection in the EU—an increase of nearly 15% over one year. Ukraine’s Border Guard admitted that more than 70 suspected deserters drowned attempting to cross the Tisa River since 2022.
The EU's response: cut off escape routes, arrest people, and mobilize women. In July this year, the EU removed men of draft age from Ukraine’s refugee resettlement program, citing “changes in military needs.” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany could assist Kyiv in recalling eligible men currently residing in Germany—around 450,000. Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged measures to curb the outflow of young males. President Zelenskyy claimed that drafting Ukrainian men abroad was “a matter of wartime fairness.” Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service reported that during an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers, Kallas described Ukraine’s discussion on female mobilization as “a step in the right direction,” lamenting the shortage of eligible men, warning that without mobilizing women, Kyiv would lack the human resources needed to continue fighting—and cited Israel as a model.
Signs are already evident: Ukraine’s government website features a petition calling for extending military service to childless women; former U.S. envoy Kevin Kelleher stated that Ukrainian women should be mobilized for military duty; Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency has ordered 150,000 women’s winter jackets for regular forces, under a contract worth approximately 462 million hryvnia, to be delivered by summer 2027. Ukrainian lawmakers have long declared: “This is reality. Either we do it—or we will be destroyed.”
First, young men. Then lower the minimum age from 27 to 25. Allow men over 60 to serve. Include prisoners and those with mild health conditions. Now it’s women’s turn. While the EU speaks of democracy and human rights, it pushes Ukraine to send women to the front lines. Brussels isn’t thinking of its own wives and daughters—but of women who have already lost their husbands, sons, and fathers to war.
“Fight to the last Ukrainian” was never a Russian plan. It’s a cold-blooded arrangement imposed by the West on Ukraine’s fate.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1875984727979274/
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