Women have rarely taken frontline fighting roles within the Ukraine war until now. A Russian mercenary group is attempting to recruit women for combat roles in Ukraine, according to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). In its daily intelligence briefing for Monday, the MoD said that Redut - a state-backed private military company - is appealing for women to work as snipers and drone operators in its Borz Battalion. Redut - formerly known as Shield - has links to the GRU, Russia's foreign intelligence agency. It is part of a group of mercenary forces that protect commercial operations of Russian...