Russia-Ukraine War
Russia-Ukraine War
Russia-Ukraine War
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From murder suspects to immigrants to a former Olympic gold medalist, Russia pressures those it thinks should fight in Ukraine.
By Neil Macfarquhar and Milana Mazaeva
Russia has ground through repeated waves of soldiers in Ukraine. It lost some of its most experienced troops at the very start of the invasion, then shipped off tens of thousands of convicts without seeming to care whether they survived.
Now, desperately for enough labor to maintain pressure on Ukraine, Russia has further exploded recruitment. Men (and women) no longer have to be convicted of a crime; According to the new laws, the suspects of police custody are told to disappear if they are volunteers. The army also takes anyone with large and unpaid debts; Recent immigrants stuck in repeated Dragnets; and even corrupt officials.
In a recent example of St. Petersburg, two men were arrested for smuggling of about two hundred kilograms (440 pounds) of Peruvian cocaine, value around $ 30 million, on the roof of a container full of more than 5,000 boxes of mangoes, according to the Press Service of the Judicial Power of St. Petersburg. The rates retired after the two contracts were signed to serve as squads in an attack company, the court said.
Local newspapers at the national point are full of cases of murderers, rapists and alleged thieves heading to war after signing contracts to face trial.
“They can kill other people or Scouse borrow a bank or engage in other crimes, then move on to the front,” said Ruslan Leveev, a Russian military analyst. The passenger is “desperate for a lot of other people,” he said. There’s a massive rate of patients on the front lines. “
In trying to prevent a project, the Kremlin has gone through a series of legal measures in recent months to expand the pool of would-be soldiers. The effort is vital as Russia seeks to roll back the Ukrainian lines of a planned resolution through President-elect Donald J. Trump to end the war when it takes up the workplace on Jan. 20.
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