The German army is getting ready for a possible Russia threat: should there be more female recruits?

As fear of a Russian attack is spreading among EU countries, Germany has pledged to increase their defence spending and introduced a rule where men over 18 need to fill in a form, declare if they want to volunteer in the army and take a medical exam.

This rule doesn’t apply to women though.

Sky News spent a day in a female-only bootcamp to ask young women what they think of this conscription rule and whether they’d be ready to join the army.

Watch the full report on the Sky News Defence Insider app: https://trib.al/tBi6tWI

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