Intelligence Report: Process Of Sending Russian Prisoners To War Speeded Up

According to the daily UK MoD report on the Russia-Ukraine war, the Russian MoD has intensified its drive to recruit Russian prisoners to fight in Ukraine from early 2023.

In the report, which states that up to 10,000 prisoners may have been registered in April alone, the report says: “Since the summer of 2022, the prisoners were a major group of soldiers for the operations of the private military company Wagner Group in Ukraine. However, the group’s access to the Russian penal system was likely cut off in February 2023, when tensions publicly rose between the Defense Ministry and the group.

The report says that the ministry’s campaign to recruit prisoners is part of a broader and more intense effort to increase the number of Russian military, but on the other hand it tries to avoid a new form of forced mobilization that will be unpopular with the Russians. people.