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☆ Russia recruiting female convicts into the military report says, as the role of women in the Ukraine war expands
  + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Read previewRussia is recruiting female convicts to bolster its war effort in Ukraine, the Kyiv Post reported, citing a Ukrainian intelligence spokesperson. The role of women in the war has expanded rapidly since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The practice of offering convicts freedom in exchange for military service in Ukraine began under Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late founder of the mercenary Wagner Group. Business Insider contacted the Russian Ministry of Defense for comment. Elena Tita/Global Images Ukraine via Getty ImagesUkrainian women have been joining the military in significant numbers since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.
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☆ Latest news on Russia's war in Ukraine
  + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | Catherine Nicholls | Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
Medvedev gave several interviews explaining that the murder by Wagner of its own deserters led him to leave and seek asylum in Norway. He told CNN he witnessed brutality and incompetence on the front lines in Ukraine, where the mercenary group's fighters have played a pivotal role in Russia's invasion. Legal troubles in Norway: Medvedev crossed the Russia-Norway border on foot in January and sought political asylum. Horrors in Ukraine: Medvedev was the commander of ex-convict Yevgeny Nuzhin, who Wagner executed for surrendering to Ukrainian troops. “They would round up those who did not want to fight and shoot them in front of newcomers," Medvedev told CNN in January.
☆ Alleged former Wagner fighters claim they killed young children in Ukraine
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Two men claiming to be ex-Wagner fighters have made harrowing claims about their actions in Ukraine. The men claim they killed dozens of children, civilians, and some of their comrades. The group is known to recruit from Russian prisons, offering inmates freedom once they complete six months of fighting in Ukraine. Savichev said that Wagner fighters were ordered to "execute any men who were 15 years or older" and were told when sweeping houses to ensure all civilians found were killed, CNN reported. Ukrainian prosecutors have started to investigate the Wagner fighters' testimonies.
☆ Two men claiming to be ex-Wagner fighters said they killed civilians in Ukraine. One recanted. Wagner is looking for the other
  + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Tim Lister Saskya Vandoorne | Tim Lister | Saskya Vandoorne | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
Azamat Uldarov, a former convict, made his retraction in a video call with Russian news agency RIA-FAN. I had to say it because I had no choice.”“I said whatever I was told to say,” Uldarov then said. Osechkin also claimed that both interviewees, Uldarov and Savichev, had been threatened with murder if they didn’t retract their statements to him. Savichev told Gulagu that his unit was ordered to kill any men 15 years old or older. Wagner has been seeking Savichev for the past 24 hours, according to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.
☆ Former Russian mercenary commander flees to Norway and seeks asylum
  + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Caroline-Radnofsky-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
A former member of an infamous Russian mercenary group who fought in Ukraine says he staged a dramatic escape to Norway, where he is seeking asylum and offering to cooperate with international war crimes probes. Medvedev said he had crossed into Norway and surrendered to local police before claiming asylum in the country, which shares an Arctic border with Russia. The former mercenary recounted his defection from his former employer, which he joined last year on a four-month contract after serving time in prison. Medvedev said he climbed through barbed-wire fences, evaded border patrol dogs, ran away from guards' bullets and ran through a forest and over an icy lake to make it into Norway. Norwegian soldiers patrol the border with Russia near Korpfjells, Norway.
☆ Former Wagner commander seeks asylum in Norway after fleeing Russia
  + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who founded Wagner, said that Medvedev had worked in a Norwegian unit of Wagner but had "mistreated prisoners". In interviews with Gulagu, Medvedev said he grew disaffected after his contract was repeatedly extended by Wagner without his consent. He said he had witnessed the killing and mistreatment of Russian prisoners who were brought to the front by Wagner. Medvedev said losses were very high after Wagner began sending large numbers of prisoners to the front in the second half of 2022. The Wagner statement did not address Medvedev's accounts of punishment and of battlefield losses, or that his contract was repeatedly extended.
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