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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine has begun releasing prisoners to serve in its army, part of a wider effort to rebuild a military that has been depleted by more than two years of war and is strained by relentless Russian assaults.
The policy echoes a practice widely used by Russia to bolster its forces, but differs in some ways. Russia’s program is open to prisoners convicted of violent crimes, while the Ukrainian law does not extend to people convicted of two or more murders, rape or other serious offences.Zelenskiy says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed since Russia invaded
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in February that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in the war — a figure that is well below estimates by U.S. officials, who said in August that nearly 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed at that point.In recent months, Ukraine has stepped up border patrols to catch anyone trying to avoid being drafted and lowered the draft eligibility age to 25 from 27.
Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, said Friday that Russian forces were trying to break through Ukrainian defences in the southeastern Donetsk region. A Ukrainian soldier firing mortar shells toward Russian positions in the Lyman region of eastern Ukraine on May 10, 2024. Ukraine has begun releasing prisoners to serve in its army, part of a wider effort to rebuild a military that has been depleted by more than two years of war and is strained by relentless Russian assaults.
It remains unclear how Ukraine’s military will use its new recruits. The authorities said the prisoners would also be integrated into special units and that they would not be released until the end of the war.
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