Moscow has been recruiting convicts for its war since summer 2022, first under the auspices of the Wagner mercenary company and then directly under the Russian Defense Ministry.
For American volunteers fighting in Ukraine, the partisan roadblocks delaying $60 billion in assistance can mean the difference between life and death. These fighters are U.S.-trained veterans of American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, who felt compelled to travel to Ukraine and join the fight they view as between good and evil. This week, they…
The Institute for the Study of War has suggested that Russia will likely focus on conducting "localized offensive operations" across the entire front in order to deplete Ukrainian forces. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Russian forces "will likely choose to conduct localized offensive operations as well as larger offensive efforts throughout the theater in order to force Ukraine to commit scarce materiel and manpower to defensive efforts", ISW wrote.