Vladimir Putin has been enlisting convicted murderers and ex-military spies to bolster his forces on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin has been enlisting convicted murderers and ex-military spies to bolster his forces on the battlefield in Ukraine, it has been reported.
Among those recruited are believed to be jailed former GRU military intelligence agents and other special forces personnel with military experience. The recruitment drive has been ramped up in the wake of huge losses and a shortage of troops ready to fight despite Russia’s million-strong army.Selected inmates are given two weeks training before being flown to the warzone and placed in ‘assault groups’ on the frontline.‘Some were chosen by penal colony chiefs. They were taken off prison camp jobs against their wishes, and “invited” to have a chat,’ a source told news outlet SOTA.
‘They explain it by their desire to have an amnesty and live normally after coming back, for the sake of their families and their children,’ a relative said.
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