Drunk recruits, insubordinate soldiers and convicts are among hundreds of military and civilian offenders pressed into Russian penal units known as “Storm-Z” squads and sent to the frontlines in Ukraine this year. Few live to tell their tale.

  • zephyreksM
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    1 year ago

    They’re slightly overrepresented. IIRC not much more than you’d expect given the gap in socioeconomic status, though.