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Inmates describe visits by Yevgeny Prigozhin, reported head of the Wagner group, who is said to offer pardons for those who enlist

It’s been a bad few weeks for Vladimir Putin.

The Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, is trying to recruit over 1,500 convicted felons to take part in Russia's war in Ukraine, but many are refusing to join, a senior U.S. defense official said on Monday.

In a video that emerged Tuesday, the de facto leader of a Russian mercenary outfit known as the Wagner Group is seen promising convicts release from prison in return for a six-month combat tour in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Leaked footage shows the founder of Russia’s Wagner Group attempting to recruit prisoners

Ukrainian forces are gaining ground in the war against Russia. Since early September 2022, they have launched a massive counteroffensive in Ukraine’s northeast region of Kharkiv, reclaiming large swaths of territory.

The time and tide of the conflict is changing, temporarily at least, reports Kim Sengupta from Kyiv

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The other video parades recruited jail inmates at the frontline in the pro-Vladimir Putin Wagner private army, after being signed up with a promise of their sentences being wiped