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The prisoners at the penal colony in St. Petersburg were expecting a visit by officials, thinking it would be some sort of inspection. Instead, men in uniform arrived and offered them amnesty — if they agreed to fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine. Over the following days, about a dozen or so left the…
The Kremlin has refused to announce a full-blown mobilization as Russia suffers military losses in its invasion of Ukraine which is nearing its sixth month
Russia is turning to convicts to replenish troops in Ukraine as an alternative to a mass mobilization of the country's military.
Russia is turning to convicts to replenish troops in Ukraine as an alternative to a mass mobilization of the country's military.
Russia is turning to convicts to replenish troops in Ukraine as an alternative to a mass mobilization of the country's military.