Baku. Rashad Suleymanov – APA. Nearly 1,000 women are serving as officers, ensigns, warrant officers, extended servicewomen at Azerbaijani Defense Ministry's military units, the Defense Ministry’s press service said it in response to APA’s request.
The women are currently serving in academic, medical, personnel, artillery, logistics, international military cooperation and other fields of the Armed Forces.
According to the ministry’s response, though the women are serving on the frontline, they are not involved in direct combat.