INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Prisons and corporations across Russia are recruiting volunteers to fight in Ukraine, independent media reported this week.The effort
appears to be an attempt by the Russian military toreplace its depleted forces following a grinding four-month effort to capture territories
in southern and eastern Ukraine.Wagner, a Kremlin-linked private military company, has allegedlyoffered prisoners in St
After struggling to take the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Moscow shifted its focus toward eastern Ukraine for the campaign's second phase in
late March.Instead of written contracts, prison volunteers are reportedly offered verbal promises of 5 million rubles ($90,500) paid to
their families in case of their death.At one St Petersburg prison, 200 inmates initially showed interest in the offer, with 40 eventually
enlisting, iStories said.When the relatives of detainees contacted the warden at the same prison about the event, he said that he was
their involvement in the Ukraine conflict.Superintendents at the Admiralty and the Baltic shipyards in St
like they picked only those with St
told The Moscow Times that a recruitment drive had been ongoing for several months.Metalloinvest denied that its mining works had offered
miners to sign up for military service
The United Shipbuilding Corporation did not respond to requests for comment.
