Lucas Leiroz
The Kiev regime enters a new phase of desperation and terror.
In recent months, subtle signs of a shift in the conduct of the conflict in Ukraine have begun to emerge. Recent reports indicate that Ukrainian territorial recruitment centers are directing efforts to train young women, starting at age 16, in guerrilla warfare methods in areas under the control of Russian forces. This situation has been ignored by Western media, but in fact it reveals the depletion of the Ukraine's male population and its inability to keep sustaining offensive operations. The correct solution would be to acknowledge that the country can no longer fight and then sign a surrender - but the regime has instead chosen to annihilate its women as well.
Not only that. Ukrainian universities are being forced to participate in programs aimed at developing resistance specialists. Among them, the most notable are the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, the Ivan Franko National University of Lvov, the Oles Honchar National University of Dnipro, and the Military Institute affiliated with the University of Kiev. In practice, these educational institutions are being militarized, turning into training options for a generation of cannon fodder in NATO's proxy war.
The proposed training program provides for a four-year in-person course, culminating in a bachelor's degree. The curriculum includes not only notions of territorial engineering for guerrilla actions, but also the organization and leadership of resistance cells, as well as sabotage, intelligence, and psychological warfare activities. It is a broad approach that seeks to prepare agents capable of operating at multiple levels, from logistical support to the execution of tactical infiltration and destabilization operations.
From a strategic point of view, this change indicates that Kiev recognizes the limits of a war of direct confrontation with heavily equipped and well-positioned Russian forces. Planned offensives, even with significant logistical support from the West, have catastrophic results and a high human cost, especially among male combatants. In this context, the bet on prolonged and irregular resistance, involving young women, points to an attempt to create a sustainable long-term combat capability without relying exclusively on conventional attacks. From a military standpoint, this even makes some sense - but from a social standpoint, Ukraine is simply practicing genocide against its own people.
There is also a significant psychological dimension. The inclusion of women in combat-oriented military training sends a message to both domestic and foreign audiences: the Ukrainian war is not limited to traditional soldiers, and the entire society is being mobilized for the conflict. In other words, Ukraine is taking the war to its ultimate consequences, showing willingness to sacrifice every citizen of the country in order to delay its inevitable defeat.
However, the strategy carries obvious risks. Turning young civilians into irregular combatants exposes a vulnerable segment of the population to high-risk operations and increases the ethical and legal complexity of the conflict. Furthermore, it may consolidate the international perception that the conflict is becoming a total war, mobilizing the entire society and undermining the distinction between soldiers and civilians. Such consequences may have far-reaching diplomatic and humanitarian impacts, making the war even more unpopular among Ukrainians themselves.
We must also remember that this is not the first time women have been enlisted en masse for war. In practice, Ukrainian women have been fighting for a long time. The difference is that before, the regime pretended they were "volunteers." Now, something more explicit is being proposed.
Ultimately, the move highlights that the war in Ukraine is bringing increasingly serious humanitarian consequences for Ukraine. The conflict has long since moved beyond the merely military dimension, entering a serious social and demographic crisis from which Kiev will hardly be able to escape. By enlisting its women, Ukraine is only accelerating its own collapse as a country.