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Ukraine’s convicts offered release for army service
Updated On: 02 July, 2024 07:57 AM IST | Dnipropetrovsk | Agencies
About 27,000 inmates could potentially be eligible for the new programme, according to Justice Ministry estimates
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Prisoners listen to a Ukrainian sergeant of the Battalion Arey during an interview in a prison, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine. Pic/AP
At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. In return, they must join the gruelling fight against Russia.
“You can put an end to this and start a new life,” said the recruiter, a member of a volunteer assault battalion. “The main thing is your will, because you are going to defend the motherland. You won’t succeed at 50 per cent, you have to give 100 per cent of yourself, even 150 per cent.”
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