The U.K. Ministry of Defense warned of the 'significant challenge' the Russian public will face once former violent offenders return from war.
"In the coming weeks, thousands of Russian convicts who have fought for Wagner Group are likely to be pardoned and released," the MOD wrote in its update, adding that the"certificates issued to freed Wagner veterans claim to have been endorsed by the decree of President Putin."
A man wearing a military uniform with a Z letter—a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine—takes a photo at Red Square in front of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow on February 13, 2023. Inset: Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin appears at an economic forum on June 17, 2016, in Saint Petersburg. Prigozhin will reportedly soon release prisoners into the Russian population that he had recruited to fight for Wagner in Ukraine.
in prisons in 2022, during which he offered male prisoners commuted sentences and cash incentives in exchange for six months of military service in Ukraine. In September, a leaked video showed the oligarch enlisting new members for his paramilitary outfit from Russia's penitentiary system. One way in which many of these prisoners were reportedly used was for a war tactic known as a"human wave." Retired Lieutenant General Stephen Twitty, who is also a former deputy commander of U.S. European Command, described the human wave strategy in a
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