The Wagner Group has previously been accused of recruiting prisoners to use along the front lines in Ukraine, despite the convicts' inadequate combat training.
that his group would no longer be recruiting Russian prisoners for combat, adding,"We are fulfilling all our obligations to those who work for us now."
Members of the Ukrainian military move through the streets of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on December 17, 2022. On Tuesday, the Institute for the Study of War reported that the Russian Defense Ministry may be recruiting prisoners from Russia to use along the front lines of the war in Ukraine.
The"integration of these convict forces into [Luhansk People's Republic] formations," the ISW wrote, may be an indication that Russia is"attempting to avoid the restructuring of some of their conventional units to fit underprepared convicts." "ISW had previously observed instances of Russian proxy armed formations receiving poor treatment from Russian conventional forces, and the Russian command may have sought to not further disturb unit morale by integrating convicts," the report added.'s troops along the front lines of the war in Ukraine, including in Russia's attempt to take Bakhmut, an industrial town in eastern Ukraine.
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