Tens of thousands of male convicts have been freed to fight in Ukraine. It is not clear if a small contingent of female volunteers released from a prison portends wider use of female soldiers.

Russia released a group of women from a prison in late May to join the fighting in Ukraine, according to two former inmates who maintain contact with those still there, potentially signaling a new phase in the Kremlin’s use of criminals in its war effort.

  • FuglyDuckEnglish
    11•5 months ago

    “Released”

    Riiiiight. Totally of their own volition and with full knowledge of the shit they were about to be thrown into, right….?

    • AwesomeLowlander
      7•5 months ago

      full knowledge of the shit they were about to be thrown into

      I mostly agree with you, but is there a single military in history that didn’t mostly rely on naive kids with zero knowledge of what they were getting themselves into?

      • FuglyDuckEnglish
        3•5 months ago

        Israel’s IDF relies on mandatory service. Turkish military, too. Russia.