Denmark on Tuesday expanded its military service to include women, as the Nordic country seeks to recruit more soldiers and strengthen its defenses amid heightened security concerns across Europe.

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.

With Europe feeling the threat of Russian aggression, Denmark is bulking up its military by making women subject to the draft for the first time in the nation's history. Both men and women may still volunteer,