Russia is recruiting convicted murderers and spies, who are jailed, to fight in the Ukraine war as it’s facing massive troop losses in Ukraine. Prisoners have been promised £3,000 and amnesty in return for fighting in Ukraine.
Reports suggest that prisoners would join mercenary group Wegner, which is fighting in the Donbas region.
Many of the new recruits are ex-military agents and former members of special forces, who can actually benefit Russia as Ukraine has claimed it has killed more than 37,000 Russian soldiers in the war.
Earlier in the war, prisoners serving sentences for the most serious crimes were rejected from the Russian military, but there are now reports that murderers are being recruited as Putin looks for more frontline soldiers, according to Daily Mail.
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