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Jarrett: Ukraine requiring female soldiers to wear high heels is sexism

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Jarrett: Ukraine requiring female soldiers to wear high heels is sexism

Jarrett: Ukraine requiring female soldiers to wear high heels is sexism

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has defended its decision to train female soldiers to march in high heels, following an outcry from local lawmakers.

Women from the Ukrainian armed forces will march in a parade to mark the 30th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union on August 24, according to a statement from Army Inform, the defense ministry’s official news agency.

CNN’s Matthew Chance reports.


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