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.

Russia released a group of women from a prison in late May to join the fighting in Ukraine, according to two former inmates who maintain contact with those still there, potentially signaling a new phase in the Kremlin’s use of criminals in its war effort.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
    17·
    11 months ago

    How many months away from collapse was the Third Reich when they started putting women on the front lines?

  • mindlight@lemm.ee
    15·
    11 months ago

    This is yet another sign of the Russian economy booming!

    Since everything is going so well, Putin continues his glorious fight for equality! Now women will have the same rights as men to serve in the meat grinder.

    There’s absolutely no desperation here… Nothing to see… Move along.

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    13·
    11 months ago

    I wonder if it will reach a certain point that the Russian people tire of being used as fodder for Putin’s meat grinder.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    “Released”

    Riiiiight. Totally of their own volition and with full knowledge of the shit they were about to be thrown into, right….?

  • jaybone@lemmy.world
    3·
    11 months ago

    I’m sure this will end well.

    Wasn’t I just reading some article about a male Russian prisoner forced into clear who shot an officer before deserting? Keep an eye on these ladies.