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.
Russia has received 2,500 registrations and 170 full applications for its fast-track foreign talent program, as officials have moved to attract skilled workers, ASI has said
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