https://www.cnet.com/news/battlefield-v-boss-female-playable-characters-are-here-to-stay/

That's the word from Oskar Gabrielson, the man in charge of EA's Battlefield games. For some reason, fans were mad that the new Battlefield V features women and minorities fighting on the front lines of World War II, despite the fact there's loads of historical precedent for both. For instance, one of the most celebrated snipers in history was Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a Russian sharpshooter credited with over 300 kills in WWII. 

So today, Gabrielson addressed the controversy in a series of tweets, most prominently this one below: