Ukraine’s convicts offered release at a high price: Join fight against Russia

Ukraine’s convicts offered release at a high price: Join fight against Russia
Prisoners stand behind the fence in the barracks’ yard in a prison (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole.

In return, they must join the fight against Russia.

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