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.
Europe
‘They’re just meat’: Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin
Reuters
October 3, 2023
“in echo of Stalin”?
Cool! WTF I love Russia now!