Ukraine's convicts offered release at a high price: Joining the fight against Russia
Monday, July 1st 2024, 5:10:17 am
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At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. In return, they must join the grueling fight against Russia. Ukraine is expanding the draft to cope with acute battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting against Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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