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Speaking on Twitter, while he remains in prison, Mr Navalny speculated that people would decide to commit a serious crime now they know there is a way to avoid serving their sentence in jail.
He continued: "It is stated that murderers, robbers, brigands, and grievous bodily harm are required to participate in the war.
"And for some reason many are under the impression that these categories of convicts are some sort of brutal fighters. Kind of like in Suicide Squad."
He added: "What could such an army even accomplish in combat?"
news.sky.com...
originally posted by: Crackalackin
a reply to: gortex
Yeah they don't want to use their regulars for fear of a backlash from the population. Coming from a person who understands a pretty decent amount, Ukraine is hard to follow. Tons of propaganda over Ukraine. It's unlike anything I've ever seen (I'm 31).
If so, just trying to figure why this is new in the situation in Ukraine, and or needs a thread on its own.
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: Imhere
If so, just trying to figure why this is new in the situation in Ukraine, and or needs a thread on its own.
What's new is that through the Summer there were reports that Wagner were recruiting in Russian prisons for people to send to Ukraine , these reports were claimed not true by the usual suspects but now we have a video of the head guy doing what it was claimed he was doing.
It shows how desperate Russia are for troops at this point.