Russia cuts training period for prisoners joining the army to 10 days – General Staff

Russia has reduced the training period for Russian prisoners based in the Starobilsk district of Luhansk Oblast who are joining the Russian army to 10 days. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Quote: "Given significant personnel losses, the Russian military command made a decision to reduce the training period for convicts whose base camp has been set up in the Starobilsk district of Luhansk Oblast, to 10 days."

Details: The General Staff reported that around 1,000 Russian prisoners were brought to the camp in Luhansk Oblast from a number of Russian prisons.

Russia hoped to spend four weeks training the convicts, but the training period has now been cut to 10 days.

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