Sveta, 24, an officer of the Ukrainian border patrol, works out in a courtyard of the patrol base in Mariupol, East Ukraine. 9 September 2016. According to the Ministry of Defense in Ukraine, 17,000 women are currently in the armed forces, as well as 33,000 women working as civil servants, and an uncountable number of those who are part of volunteer political groups such as Right Sector.