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winetourdriver01

(1,154 posts) Tue Mar 14, 2023, 10:29 AM Mar 2023

Russia Is Turning to Women Prisoners to Boost Forces After Massive Losses, Ukraine Claims

It seems desperate measures are being taken after Moscow may have suffered it’s deadliest day of the war.
Russian prisoners have been thrown into the meat-grinder battlefields of Ukraine since the invasion began last year. But as massive numbers of casualties have made the situation increasingly desperate for the Kremlin, reports have emerged that female convicts are now also being sent to the front line.

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Russia Is Turning to Women Prisoners to Boost Forces After Massive Losses, Ukraine Claims (Original Post) winetourdriver01 Mar 2023 OP

It was only a matter of time. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #1

Irish_Dem

(46,579 posts)

1. It was only a matter of time.

Reply to winetourdriver01 (Original post)

Tue Mar 14, 2023, 11:52 AM

Mar 2023

I have been waiting for Putin to start drafting/recruiting women.

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