• 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.
  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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    10 个月前

    They may write fantasy books where they are some sort of mythical heroes all day long. That doesn’t mean any of this is applicable to reality.

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      Brexit happened, Trump was (and might be again) president, far right is growing in Europe. Outside of the battlefield, they are quite successful in their war against the West