俄乌冲突升级，网络成为另一条战线，乌克兰女兵的视频和图片在网络上备受关注，这是一场与俄罗斯的软实力宣传战？
As tensions between Russia and Ukraine remain strained, sharing candid videos and pictures of troops behind the scenes have become another front for a quasi-war.
为了赢得与俄罗斯的软实力宣传战，乌克兰女兵在TikTok上发布自己的照片和视频。
Female Ukrainian soldiers are taking to the video-sharing app TikTok to post glam pictures and videos of themselves in their bid to win the soft power propaganda war with Russia.
身着乌克兰军装的女性在军营中跳舞、嬉闹、甚至手持枪弹的片段在社交媒体上疯传。
Clips of glamorous women in Ukrainian military uniforms dancing, fooling around in barracks, and even holding bullets have gone viral on social media.
这些视频以士兵的舞蹈表演为主，但也有一些视频展示女兵在拆卸和重新组装武器，或在军营中玩耍的画面。
Typically, the videos feature soldiers performing dances, but some also show female troops taking apart and reassembling weapons, or having fun in barracks.
这些内容在乌克兰媒体上得到了热烈的赞扬，称其为乌克兰发挥了展示软实力的作用。
Such videos and pictures appear to serve a soft power role for Ukraine, and receive glowing praise in Ukrainian media.
乌克兰突击队员奥列克桑德-科利姆(Oleksandr Kolym)伴着惠特尼-休斯顿(Whitney Houston)的《Queen Of The Night》跳舞的片段最近在网上疯传，有评论称赞 "乌克兰精神坚不可摧"，并表示相信乌克兰 "以这样的态度一定会赢"。
A clip of Ukrainian commando Oleksandr Kolym dancing to Whitney Houston’s “Queen Of The Night” recently went viral, with comments praising the “indestructibility of the Ukrainian spirit” and expressing the belief that Ukraine “will definitely win with that sort of attitude”.
为何乌克兰军队中
女兵的数量如此之多？
军队人数减少，征兵困难
据乌克兰国家通讯社报道，乌克兰武装部队发布信息称，2014至2021年间，乌克兰武装部队中女兵人数在7年内增长近一倍。
The number of female soldiers in the Ukrainian Armed Forces nearly doubled in seven years between 2014 and 2021, according to a release from the country's armed forces, Ukrainian state news agency reported.
性别比例的严重失调
由于苏德战争导致大量男性阵亡，当地生育率低，男性平均寿命较短，所以这里的男女比一直都在85:100左右。
The ratio of men to women here has always been around 85:100 due to the Soviet-German War, which resulted in a large number of men killed in action, the low local fertility rate, and the short average male life expectancy.
俄乌冲突加剧
随着俄罗斯的威胁上升，乌克兰扩大了征兵范围，将所有18至60岁的 "适合服兵役 "的妇女纳入其中。
It comes after Ukraine expanded military conscription to include all women “fit for military service” between the ages of 18 and 60 as threats with Russia rose.
乌克兰国家议会议员Oleksandra Ustinova表示，“这与男性达到一定年龄后的征兵问题不同。这是战时特殊时期的征兵。考虑到超过122,000名俄罗斯军队士兵逼近我们的边界，这个决定是合乎逻辑的，及时的和明智的。”
"This is not about conscription after reaching some age, as it is for men. It is about conscription in the wartime. And considering more than 122,000 Russian troops are at our borders, the decision seems logical, timely, and sensible," said Oleksandra Ustinova, 36, a member of Ukraine's national parliament, the Verkhovna Rada.
乌克兰女兵不仅要拼颜值
还要拼实力
1993年以来，妇女一直在乌克兰武装部队中服役。自2014年战争开始以来，妇女开始为乌克兰武装部队发挥关键作用。她们在前线担任步兵、战斗医务人员和狙击手。她们还作为平民志愿者帮助维持战争努力，采购重要的物资和设备，并在极其危险的条件下将其送到前线。
Women have served in the Ukrainian armed forces since 1993. Since the war began in 2014, women have played a key role for Ukraine's armed forces. They have served on the front lines as infantry, combat medics, and snipers. They also helped sustain the war effort as civilian volunteers by procuring vital supplies and equipment and delivering them to the front lines -- often under extremely dangerous conditions.
为了表彰妇女在前线的服务，截至去年3月，乌克兰军方已将13,000多名妇女列为 "战斗人员"。其中，257名妇女因在顿巴斯战争期间的战斗表现而获得国家荣誉。
In recognition of the women's front-line service, by March, the Ukrainian military had classified more than 13,000 women as "combatants." Of that number, 257 women received state awards for their combat service during the Donbas war. Nine of those awards were given posthumously.
前线女兵呼吁和平
近日，网络社交媒体Twitter上一名乌克兰女兵的视频受到大量关注，她在视频中如是说：
“I’m still alive. The sun is shining. The birds are singing. Everything will be fine.”
Word List：
quasi-war n.准战争
例句：
This was an statute that grew out of the quasi-war with France and which expired three years later.
这是从与法国的短暂冲突中产生的一项法律，它在三年后失效。
barracks
n.营房；兵营；（一所或一群）简陋的大房子
v.“barrack”的第三人称单数
例句：
The next day they let the cavalry go on with him, while they returned to the barracks.
第二天，让马兵护送，他们就回营楼去。
conscription n.征募；征兵
例句：
Mr zu Guttenberg has done one big thing: ending conscription, which had been a bulwark of Germany's post-war order.
另外，古滕贝格还做了一件大事：结束征兵制度，这个曾经是德国战后秩序的一个壁垒。
sniper n.狙击手
例句：
Karen was assigned an elaborately scoped sniper rifle, her marksmanship scores being the best of any of them.
分给凯伦的是一支瞄准精确的狙击步枪，这支队伍里数她的枪法最准。
posthumously adv.死后地；去世后地
例句：
And, if public intellectuals are allowed to perform posthumously, try to hear more of Isaiah Berlin.
此外，如果“公共知识分子”死后仍然可以具有影响力，那么还是多听听以赛亚•伯林的话语吧。
原文链接：
https://coffeeordie.com/ukrainian-women-register-military/
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/12/27/ukraine-requires-women-register-military-conscription-russia-threat-looms.html
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