Ukraine’s prisoners offered freedom at a high price: Joining the fight against Russia

Ukraine is expanding the draft to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion.
That, for the first time, includes inmates at the country’s prisons and penal colonies. Read more: https://bit.ly/4cnX0X9
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  1. In June, Russian troops destroyed 16 Ukrainian tanks, a Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, 362 field artillery guns, 23 electronic warfare stations, almost 500 various combat vehicles and 77 field ammunition depots at the LPR frontiers, Andrey Marochko specified
    LUGANSK, July 1. /TASS/. Russian forces repelled 133 Ukrainian army attacks at the borders of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) and destroyed over 34,000 enemy troops and foreign mercenaries in June, military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS on Monday.

    The Ukrainian military has suffered the heaviest casualties in that frontline area since the beginning of this year, the expert specified.

    "Over the past month, 133 enemy attacks were repulsed and an insignificant decline in assault operations is observed. The enemy’s losses over the reporting period in that frontline area amounted to about 34,785 Ukrainian militants and mercenaries, or 11,295 more compared to May. These are the largest losses of the Ukrainian armed formations since the beginning of this year in that frontline area. It should also be noted that the trend of the enemy’s mounting losses has been observed since February this year," the expert said.

    In June, Russian troops destroyed 16 Ukrainian tanks, a Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, 362 field artillery guns, 23 electronic warfare stations, almost 500 various combat vehicles and 77 field ammunition depots at the LPR frontiers, he specified.

  2. So here we go again, cause of Russian maleware, can't even post stuff, he how is that 3 day special operation going, and if you are fighting NATO why can't France sent troops.
    Russians trolls full of lies and nonsense. you are on WESTERN internet, yeah not in Putin Russia where everything is controlled.

  3. Ukraine unlike Russia is forcing prisoners to die at the front. Russian prisoners had an option of just serving their sentences in full. The problem for Zelenskyy is that prisons are mostly filled with political prisoners disloyal to the regime. In general people kidnapped off the streets by Zelenskyy goons have zero motivation to die for him. When they manage to escape to Russians they willingly provide them with intelligence on Ukrainian positions, ammo depots etc. They consider Zelenskyy a tormentor and a war criminal.

  4. Desperate times call for desperate measures. But I'm pretty sure they will run fast and hard before they let themselves become cannon fodder.

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