The late founder of the mercenary Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had started the practice of recruiting convicts for the war in Ukraine.
  • Russia is recruiting female convicts to boost its military forces, a Ukrainian intelligence spokesperson said.
  • Moscow wants to recruit the convicts to auxiliary and combat roles, the Kyiv Post reported.
  • More than 100,000 convicts from Russian penal colonies have reportedly been conscripted to fight in Ukraine.
  • @exanimeEnglish
    2•2 months ago

    I hope you are right and that they go so far out hating Putin that they’ll never allow another repeat…

    • @maynarkh@feddit.nlEnglish
      1•2 months ago

      I don’t see them hating Putin for the same reasons you, or I would. They would hate Putin because he lost.

      • @exanimeEnglish
        2•2 months ago

        I hope I am right and you are wrong… but as I type this reply, my conviction has almost entirely dissipated :-(