Kremlin Recruiting Female Inmates for Assault Squads

The Russian military has been recruiting women from prisons to join assault teams for the war against Ukraine, according to a new report.

The lawyer of one inmate at a penal colony in the Ivanovo region told iStories that women with an education in the medical field are recruited to serve as medical personnel on the battlefield. “The rest are sent to assault units,” the lawyer was quoted as saying.

The practice of recruiting female prisoners had been reported as early as last spring, though up until recently, they were primarily recruited to serve as medics, drone operators, or snipers. Assault units are sent on brazen missions to storm Ukrainian positions, incurring heavy losses in the process.

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