- Many Ukrainians are angry at the plan for female soldiers to wear high heels to participate in the military parade.
- The strange choice of shoes is to commemorate the 30th anniversary of independence in August.
- Some people say that this is disrespect for the Ukrainian female soldiers, who fought and died wearing boots like men.
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Ukrainian defense officials were accused of insisting that female soldiers wear high heels during the military parade in August, which was a “mockery” against women.
Prepare for next month’s event to commemorate 30 years of Ukrainian independence, Officials released photos of female soldiers marching in black mid-heeled shoes.
This sparked outrage among social media and Ukrainian lawmakers, some of whom called on Defense Minister Andrei Taran to participate in the parade in high heels. Reported by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Olena Kondratyuk said that the authorities should publicly apologize for “humiliating” women.She pointed out that about 13,500 female soldiers had been Ongoing conflict In the east of the country there are separatists backed by Russia, According to the “Guardian” report.
Other political commentators accused the Ministry of Defense of “sexism and misogyny” and called “high heels a mockery of women in the beauty industry.” Sky News report.
The Ministry of Defense information website quoted a student, Ivanna Medvid, as saying, Amia notice, As he said: “Today, for the first time training in high heels. This is slightly more difficult than wearing military boots, but we are working hard.”
