• 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.
  • maynarkh@feddit.nl
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    6 months ago

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

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      6 months ago

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