Russia has recruited thousands of convicts to fight in its socalled Special Military Operation, and Ukraine is now doing the same as it struggles to match Moscow's huge reserves of manpower.

The late Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the mercenary Wagner Group and himself a former convict, gave prisoners a choice: join up, fight in Ukraine – and if you survive you'll be pardoned and go home.

It was actually a better deal than the regulars got – and there were plenty of takers.

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