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The Russian military has faced severe personnel shortages after the [[2008 Russian military reform]], being only [[human resources|"manned"]] to {{circa}} 70% in 2012.{{sfn|Chesnut|2020}} In response, the Ministry of Defence mounted an aggressive campaign against [[draft evasion]] amongst men to increase coverage levels to 90~95% by 2020, but 'made little apparent effort to enlist women' in doing so.{{sfn|Chesnut|2020}} Despite a 2014 announcement by Deputy Defence Minister [[Tatiana Shevtsova]] to enlarge the number of servicewomen in the Russian Armed Forces to 80,000 by 2020, this goal was not achieved (it was {{circa}} 41,000 in May 2020).{{sfn|Chesnut|2020}} Some observers have concluded that the government had overlooked an obvious source of "manpower" by ignoring the large pool of potential female soldiers.{{sfn|Chesnut|2020}}
==== Russo-Ukrainian War ====
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===== 2022 invasion of Ukraine =====
On 12 July 2022, Russian media reported the first death of Russian female soldier in the country's [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|ongoing invasion]] of [[Ukraine]]. The soldier was Anastasia Savitskaya, a corporal from [[Volgograd]].<ref name="The Moscow Times">{{cite web |title=Russia Reports First Female Military Death in Ukraine |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/07/13/russia-reports-first-female-military-casualty-in-ukraine-a78287 |website=The Moscow Times |access-date=2 October 2022 |language=en |date=13 July 2022}}</ref>
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