We’ve been hearing for many months now that Russian prison recruits were often sent to the front with little or no training and borderline equipment. Today Reuters reports Russia has organized them into special squads known as “Storm Z” who are sent to the worst parts of the front where they are often killed at much higher rates than regular army soldiers. In fact, the regular army thinks of them as cannon fodder.Read More
Russia’s ‘Storm Z’ fighters are expendable prison recruits (plus regular soldiers being punished)
