Ukraine is expanding the draft to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion. That, for the first time, includes inmates at the country’s prisons and penal colonies. (AP video shot by Vasilisa Stepanenko and Anton Shtuka, Production by Volodymyr Yurchuk)

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Ukraine’s prisoners offered freedom at a high price: Joining the fight against Russia

Name: Ukraine's prisoners offered freedom at a high price: Joining the fight against Russia
Uploaded: 2024-07-01T13:56:00.485Z
Duration: 1 min 58 s
Description: Ukraine is expanding the draft to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion. That, for the first time, includes inmates at the country’s prisons and penal colonies. (AP video shot by Vasilisa Stepanenko and Anton Shtuka, Production by Volodymyr Yurchuk)

Ukraine is expanding the draft to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion. That, for the first time, includes inmates at the country’s prisons and penal colonies. (AP video shot by Vasilisa Stepanenko and Anton Shtuka, Production by Volodymyr Yurchuk)