The Kremlin-linked Wagner Group has taken to recruiting soldiers from Russian prisons to join Russia's forces in the war in Ukraine.
Fox News contributor Ret. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg sounds off on the capability of the Russian military as its war on Ukraine continues on 'Special Report.'Infantry shortages on the battlefront in Ukraine have prompted the Kremlin-linked private military force known as the Wagner Group tohas been working since at least July to add to Moscow’s ranks by heading to Russian prisons to incentive volunteers to leave their cells and head to Ukraine.
MARIUPOL, UKRAINE Russian military and pro-Russian separatists keep watch as civilians are being evacuated along humanitarian corridors from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on March 24, 2022.A video reportedly appeared on Telegram this week depicting Prigozhin addressing inmates, all of whom wore black prison uniforms, and emphasizing that he was specifically looking for"fighters for assault units" to take up arms against Kyiv.
Prigozhin reportedly went on to say that he could not give any"guarantees" but pointed out that"only two other people can get you out of here, God and Allah, and they’ll do it in a wooden coffin."TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on September 11, 2022, shows a Ukranian soldier standing atop an abandoned Russian tank near a village on the outskirts of Izyum, Kharkiv Region.
Firefighters extinguish a fire following a Russian bombardment at a park in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, May 3.The latest attempts to get Russian boots to the front lines come as Ukrainian troops have made significant advances over the last two weeks since launching a major counter-offensive.
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