{"id":196088,"date":"2023-11-19T19:39:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196088"},"modified":"2023-11-19T19:39:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:39:12","slug":"putin-releasing-killers-and-rapists-if-theyll-join-ravaged-russian-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/putin-releasing-killers-and-rapists-if-theyll-join-ravaged-russian-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin releasing killers and rapists if they\u2019ll join ravaged Russian army"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vladimir Putin is releasing killers and rapists from prison in order to bolster his ravaged Russian army it has been revealed.<\/p>\n

According to human rights activists, more than 100,000 people have been freed from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine, with some convicted of some of the country’s most brutal crimes.<\/p>\n

Putin is increasingly relying on the tactic, which was pioneered by late Wagner Group boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin, to avoid calling another controversial mobilisation ahead of presidential elections next year.<\/p>\n

One of those released was Vladislav Kanyus, a young man who killed his ex-girlfriend Vera Pekhteleva, by torturing, suffocating and stabbing her for hours.<\/p>\n

Kanyus’s pardon made the headlines in Russia after Pekhteleva’s mother, Oksana, received a photo of him out of prison and surrounded by other soldiers.<\/p>\n

She told the Washington Post: “I thought I was going crazy, I keep zooming into this photo and staring into his face in disbelief.”<\/p>\n

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Ukrainian teen snatched by Russian forces returns home<\/h3>\n

A Ukrainian orphan who was taken by Putin’s forces when they captured the city of Mariupol has returned home, the Ukrainian government has confirmed.<\/p>\n

Bogdan Yermokhin, 18, made the headlines when Russia issued him a draft summons for its military shortly before his 18th birthday.<\/p>\n

But he has now returned to Mariupol after negotiations between Moscow, Kyiv and Belarus.<\/p>\n

Andriy Yermak, president Volodymyr Zelenskiy\u2019s chief of staff said: “Our team managed to bring home Bogdan Yermokhin, a Ukrainian boy who was taken by Russia from occupied Mariupol to the Moscow region.”<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has been accused of illegally transferring thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia, something the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy warns of winter bombardment<\/h3>\n

Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelenskyy has warned Russia could launch a campaign of attacks on civilian infrastructure during winter.<\/p>\n

During a nightly address on Sunday, he said: “The closer we are to winter, the more Russians will try to make the strikes more powerful.”<\/p>\n

It comes amid fears Russia will target energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Volodymyr Kudrytskiy, the head of energy firm Ukrenergo, told local media: “All of us energy workers and defence forces are preparing to repel possible Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure this winter.”<\/p>\n

Police officer who helped to kill journalist also released by Putin<\/h3>\n

A police officer convicted for his role in the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya was also pardoned by Putin after serving six months of military duty in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2014 as part of a group of five men charged with arranging Politkovskaya\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n

She had been working on uncovering Russian abuses during the Chechen wars before she was shot to death in a lift at her Moscow apartment building.<\/p>\n

According to his lawyer, Khadzhikurbanov has just signed another contract to remain in the Russian army.<\/p>\n

‘Waves’ of Russian drones target Kyiv overnight<\/h3>\n

Several waves of Russian drones have been fired at Kyiv overnight Ukraine’s military administration has said.<\/p>\n

Serhiy Popko, head of the administration, said about 10 drones were shot down by Ukrainian air defence systems over the city’s Bogorodsky District.<\/p>\n

He told the BBC that no “critical damage” or casualties had been reported.<\/p>\n

It comes after 29 out of 38 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Russia were intercepted by Ukraine the night before.<\/p>\n

Russia claims a Ukrainian drone heading for Moscow was also shot down on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Good morning<\/h3>\n

Good morning from London. I\u2019m Casey Cooper-Fiske, I\u2019ll be bringing you all the latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Please feel free to get in touch with me as I work if you have a story or tips to share! Your thoughts are always welcome.<\/p>\n

Casey.Cooper-Fiske@reachplc.com<\/p>\n