Previously, prisoners were the main group of recruits for PMC Wagner, but now they are actively involved in the battles of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
From the beginning of 2023, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation activated a procedure for recruiting prisoners to participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. It is stated in analysis British Ministry of Defence, published on 11 May.
It was mentioned that in April alone the ranks of the Russian army were allegedly filled with up to ten thousand prisoners.
“Since the summer of 2022, convicts have been the main recruiting group for the operations of the private military company Wagner in Ukraine, but this group has probably lost access to the Russian penitentiary system in February 2023, when its public dispute with the Russian Ministry of Defense escalated,” the statement said. report.
The Russian prisoner recruitment campaign is part of a wider effort by the Russian military to increase the size of the army to avoid mandatory mobilization, according to British intelligence.
Remember, according to media reports, at the beginning of 2023, the number of prisoners in 35 regions of the Russian Federation will decrease by 17,000 in total. At the same time, it was noted that the scale of recruitment for the war in Ukraine may be greater than represented by official statistics.
The enemy continues to recruit prisoners to make up for losses – General Staff
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Source: korrespondent
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