The Nordic country for the first time has extended a lottery for compulsory military service to women in its latest move to expand its armed forces.

After nearly four months of military training, the young soldier and the rest of her unit spent early June completing their final exercises near the Danish army’s barracks in Hovelte, 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of Copenhagen.

Denmark is seeking to increase the number of young people in the military by extending compulsory enlistment to women for the first time.

Russian authorities said at least three people were killed as Ukraine claimed an attack on a military plant in the city of Izhevsk.

Ukraine's top general ordered military officials on Tuesday to prohibit troop buildups in tent encampments and to build new shelters at training centres to protect soldiers against deadly Russian air strikes.

Ukraine launched a devastating attack overnight on the army headquarters of Russia's 8th Combined Arms Army. The military HQ was located in the central department store in Donetsk, according to local reports.