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Russia has recruited over 100,000 prisoners for its 'human wave' assaults against Ukraine since the war began, reports say
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The estimated figures were provided to Newsweek by Russian dissident-in-exile Vladimir Osechkin, who heads the Gulagu.net anti-corruption project, based on sources in Russia’s prison system.
The Washington Post previously reported that the Russian prison population had dropped from 420,000 before the war to a historic low of about 266,000, per Deputy Justice Minister Vsevolod Vukolov.
“This is a shocking number,” Olga Romanova, the director of the Russia Behind Bars human rights organization, said about Vukolov’s revelation, per The Post.
Rights groups note that Prigozhin recruited about 50,000 prisoners, and it appears that the Russian Defense Ministry has continued with the practice.
War analysts have noted that the Russian military has often appeared to rely on human wave tactics, throwing poorly trained troops into massive assaults.
To combat manpower shortages in Ukraine, Russia has sent in prisoners, called up military reservists, and recruited ethnic minorities to fight.
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