Storm Gladiator: How Russia Uses Recruited Convicts To Fight In ‘Fierce’ Assault Units In Ukraine – Analysis

By Daniil Belovodyev

(RFE/RL) — A secretive assault force called Storm Gladiator, made up of convicts sprung from prison by the Russian Defense Ministry to fight in Ukraine, has been involved in some of the most brutal engagements in the war and has suffered heavy casualties, RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit *has...