Highlights
- Prisoners offered to participate in the Ukraine war
- In return, prisoners will be given clemency after war
- Soldiers are leaving Russia’s army
Russia-Ukraine War: Russia continues to suffer losses in the war with Ukraine. The recruitment of soldiers in Russia is being hidden. In this war, many Russian soldiers are leaving the army or they are refusing to go to war with Ukraine. In such a situation, Russia is also using prisoners to meet the shortage of soldiers in its army. Officials were about to visit the St. Petersburg prison in Russia. The prisoners expected that the officers would leave after inspecting like every time. But that day some men dressed in army uniform came to the jail and asked the prisoners to join the army and offered to waive their sentence in return. Military officials said that any prisoner who joins the army for war from Ukraine will be given pardon. A woman told that after a few days about a dozen prisoners left the jail. The lover of this woman was lodged in that jail. The woman, on condition of anonymity, told that her boyfriend was not among those volunteers, although he is yet to serve several years in prison.
Soldiers leaving the Russian army – lawyer Alexey Tabalov
Lawyer Alexey Tabalov, who runs the legal aid group ‘Conscripts School’, said he is seeing that there are a large number of people who want to leave the war zone, including those who have been in the war zone for a long time and who have Recently signed the contract. Tabalov said the group is receiving a large number of applications from individuals who want to terminate their contracts and “I personally think many people are ready to run away.” He said the Defense Ministry is looking for people it can persuade to serve. Tabalov said that the soldiers could terminate their contract and it would be approved by their commanders. In the event of war, no commander would give any such approval because if they do, there may be a shortage of soldiers for the war.
Russia has created an army from ‘Volunteer Battalion’
The regional administrations are forming ‘Volunteer Battalions’ which have been publicized on state TV. Have seen thousands of jobs for various military specialists on the job related website. However, Russia’s Defense Ministry has denied any activity to mobilize troops. The British military said this week that Russia had formed a key ground force from a ‘volunteer battalion’ it named the Third Army Corps. However, when the war broke out, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also promised the jailed ex-servicemen that they would be pardoned if they fought in the war.
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