30/ He received his injury during a presumably failed assault on a Ukrainian position. "We call it the 'zero [line]'. This is when there are only a few hundred to several tens of meters left to the enemy." His detachment was hit by mortar fire, which tore off two of his fingers.
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Convict Denis from Kursk on war, prison distinctions, and unity among thieves.
10/ This may not be a universal attitude among the vory, as another convict, Denis from Kursk, comments. "I myself am one of the thieves and I've reconsidered my views. When you go to war, there are no [prison] distinctions, there is one whole.
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Russian minor loses leg near Soledar in 2023
On 20 May 2023, Sergei Cherepanov from the Novosibirsk region lost his foot in a mine explosion near Soledar. He had only signed his contract three weeks earlier, along with 150 other men, on 28 April, with nine months remaining on his six-year sentence.
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Convicts in ‘Storm Z’ units face high casualties in ‘meat assaults’
3/ Thousands of convicts have been assigned to 'Storm Z' assault units for use in so-called 'meat assaults'. They were given six-month contracts which some have completed, though many thousands appear to have either died or have been too severely injured to continue fighting.
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Ex-prisoners wounded in Ukraine after Wagner
Novaya Gazeta Europe has published an interview with former convicts who returned home after suffering severe injuries in Ukraine. Since January 2023, the Wagner Group has been banned from recruiting from prisons, and the Russian Ministry of Defence has taken over the recruitment instead.
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Ex-convict soldiers abandoned, facing execution and broken promises in Ukraine
1/ Convicts who have fought for the Russian army in Ukraine say they have been abandoned by the state, left without arms, legs or the compensation they were promised. They say that arbitrary executions of convict soldiers are commonplace and life expectancy is only "hours".
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Exchange of 65 Ukrainian POWs planned for Jan 24
The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War confirmed that an exchange of 65 Ukrainian defenders was planned for January 24. Their names had been published by Russian propagandists following the crash of an Il-76 aircraft in Russia's Belgorod region.
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Ukrainian Leopard 1A5s Equipped with Canister Rounds, Becoming “Giant Shotguns”
Visual confirmation that the Leopard 1A5s in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces are equipped with 105 mm M1040 canister cartridges. Essentially, this is a 105mm tank with this shot, loaded with hundreds of 2000 tungsten balls, turns into a giant shotgun (when fired, the
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Ukraine has right to shoot down Russian planes
It’s normal for Ukraine to shoot russian military planes down. Doesn’t matter where they are
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Russia uses chemical weapons against Ukrainian soldiers, experts confirm
Russia uses deadly chemical weapons against Ukrainian soldiers, experts confirm Russia uses special gas grenades with chloroacetophenone to attack Ukrainian troops, according to Ukrainian military representatives and forensic experts. https://
euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/26/rus
sia-uses-deadly-chemical-weapons-against-ukrainian-soldiers-experts-confirm/
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