# @bbcnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DO_-7qHjJVE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34878244-bbcnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/cfc2fc7612.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-24T21:17:45.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

Denmark is eyeing up the military threat from Russia – and dramatically increasing the numbers in its national service. 

Now, 18-year-old girls are facing a call up.

The BBC has been granted rare access to a military base on the outskirts of Copenhagen to see the newest recruits learn how to operate on the battlefield.

Tap the link in BBCNews’s bio to hear teenagers’ reactions as they draw a conscription lottery ticket.

#Denmark #Conscription #BBCNews

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- **Views:** 286,100
- **Likes:** 17,814
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- **Comments:** 518

## Tags

bbcnews, denmark, conscription

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