Putin desperate? It also sends women prisoners to war
Russia is also believed to be sending female prisoners to fight in Ukraine. This is the first time that such a thing has been reported, as men imprisoned, even for serious crimes, were previously released from their cells to pay for their crimes by fighting for the Motherland.
“Last week there were large movements of trains to Donetsk, where prisoners of war were sent. There were women prisoners in one of the wagons,” says a statement from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Even before, it was reported in various media that some of the convicts were transferred to the “Kuschevka” prison in the Krasnodar region, near the war zone. There, some of them, released from prison through a scheme related to mobilizing the country for war, were put to work to help supply the soldiers with food and equipment.
Olga Romanova, of the “Russians behind bars” Foundation, is quoted by the “Daily Mail” as saying that about 100 women have been sent to Ukraine so far. Previously, imprisoned men sent to war have become part of the Wagner mercenary group, but recently, the founder of this group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has said that he will no longer take fighters from this category, without explaining why.
