Tens of thousands of male convicts have been freed to fight in Ukraine. It is not clear if a small contingent of female volunteers released from a prison portends wider use of female soldiers.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It does also suggest to me that Russia may have exhausted the pool of male prisoners willing to enlist for a pardon.

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Willing? That's not very Russian when it comes to war.

[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 7 points 5 months ago

A proper russian gets voluntold

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They have been chewing through soldiers at a relentlessly steady pace for two years at this point. They started with a famously large army but it would be surprising if any supply of available recruits hadn't been exhausted and then some by now.