The ensuing combination of large-scale casualties and a mass emigration of Ukrainians has left the country facing several factors that imperil its future as a viable state: not enough young and able-bodied citizens to fund its welfare state, a potential future labor shortage, and a mortality rate that outstrips its birth rate nearly four times over.
Now, some Ukrainian officials and Western war hawks are discussing an idea that would make this already crisis-level situation catastrophically worse: drafting women to fight in the war.