We’ve been hearing announcements out of Kyiv for some time now indicating that this new policy was going to be implemented, but now it has officially begun. Ukraine is sending army recruiters around to various prisons and offering certain qualifying inmates an opportunity to have their sentences commuted provided they immediately enlist in the military and go off to fight the Russian army. The country has already expanded its draft program by expanding the age requirements for eligibility and lowering required physical standards, but they are still facing a significant shortage of troops because of the attrition being experienced on the front lines. However, not all of the eligible prisoners are as eager to take advantage of this offer as the government probably hoped. (Associated Press)
At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed…
