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Ukraine War: Return of Penal Battalions?

Recently, there have been several news reports that Russian paramilitary organizations recruit convicted criminals into their forces fighting in Ukraine. There are also some reports that Ukraine has done something similar. Of course, some people noted and/or asked if this is a return of the well-known penal units from the Red Army of the Second World War? Cover: RIA Novosti archive, image #997 / Ozersky / CC-BY-SA 3.0, visualrian.ru/ru/site/gallery/#997, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RIAN_archive_997_Soldiers_and_a_gun_on_the_road.jpg Modifications by Military History Visualized. »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Aktenfresser's tweet thread https://twitter.com/DerAktenfresser/status/1561842452369129475 Glantz, David M.: Colossus reborn: The Red Army at War: 1941-1943. University Press of Kansas: Kansas, 2005. Hill, Alexander: The Red Army and the Second World War. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2017 (Armies of the Second World War). Reese, Roger R.: Why Stalin’s Soldiers fought: The Red Army’s Military Effectiveness in World War II. University Press of Kansas: Lawrence, Kansas, USA, 2011 (Modern war studies). Statiev, Alex: Penal Units in the Red Army. in: Europe-Asia Studies 62 (2010), H. 5, p. 721–747. Ukraine Releases Prisoners With 'Combat Experience' To Help Fight Russia https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-releases-prisoners-combat-experience-war-russia-volodymyr-zelensky-1683175 https://take-profit.org/en/statistics/wages/russia/#:~:text=What%20is%20average%20wage%20in,by%20Ministry%20for%20Economic%20Development. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Important_Stories https://istories.media/reportages/2022/07/04/chvk-vagner-verbuet-zaklyuchennikh-kolonii-peterburga-dlya-poezdki-na-donbass-idti-v-avangarde-pomogat-obnaruzhivat-natsistov/ https://istories.media/investigations/2022/07/20/zk-i-vagner/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrective_labor_colony https://take-profit.org/en/statistics/wages/russia/#:~:text=What%20is%20average%20wage%20in,by%20Ministry%20for%20Economic%20Development. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023237/russia-monthly-minimum-wage/ https://zona.media/article/2022/08/06/prigozhin https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/07/11/russia-recruits-prisoners-en-masse-for-ukraine-deployment-ngo-a78258 https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/03/the-wagner-groups-playbook-in-africa-mali/ 00:00 Intro 00:27 Initial News 01:23 Source Situation 02:10 Organization 02:38 Recruiting 03:20 Wagner Group 03:50 World War 2 Recruitment 04:20 Legality 04:56 Compensation 06:23 “Amnesty” 07:25 Duration 07:36 Survival Chances 09:32 Selection 11:24 Roles & Combat Employment 12:47 Ukrainian Penal Units? 13:49 Summary #russiaukraine #penalbattalions #russiaukrainewar