Russia is now recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine
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Projection.
Ukraine did that from the start!
Where else would they get the psychos you need for the Azov battalion, the Aidar battalion and Praviyy sektor?
Yes. Ukraine let out the prisons so the prisoners would fight. I had forgotten that until you mentioned it.
As for the Wagner Group, the video I saw gave the implication that this is standard procedure for them, and they've been around for a long time.. The recruiter makes a point of saying that they pay especial attention to prisoners with drug or sexual crimes on their records (bad apples).