The Russian Ministry of Defense began recruiting prisoners after the Wagner PMC. This became known from the words of Leonida who fell into the Ukrainian captivity, who served in Russian prisons for 20 years.
According to him, recruitment to the war in Ukraine took place through the deputy chief of the colony, who called prisoners and invited them to join the “evacuation group” at the request of the Ministry of Defense. “We were drew to pull out” two hundredths “(dead),” three hundredths “(wounded). About” Wagner “we all knew that it was better not to go there – everything was tough there. And the Ministry of Defense thought that everything was different. There were more faiths, which was more, which was more, which was more, that the faith was more, that the faith was more. There is really evacuation, ”said the image, adding that they promised money and some paper with a good description.
However, in the end, the recruited prisoners were in the trenches on the front line. Where exactly – is not reported. “Your (Ukrainian military) when we climbed into the trench, we saw that we had no weapon, nothing. We had all broken weapons. We didn’t even have a grenade. And when we got out of the trench, they asked:” Wagner “? : “No, the Ministry of Defense.” They themselves were surprised, ”said the image.