Over 10,000 women are currently carrying out combat roles on Ukraine’s front lines, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna confirmed on July 11. The total marks a significant increase in the number of women serving active combat roles, which was around 5,000 women during the first year of the full-scale invasion. “An increasing number of women are serving in the defense forces, with over 10,000 women now performing combat duties on the front line,” Stefanishyna said at a panel on female leadership at the NATO Public Forum. “Ukrainians are standing un…