Ukrainian authorities count on that the legislation on the voluntary mobilization of prisoners, signed earlier by President Volodymyr Zelensky, will assist entice about 15,000 individuals to the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF), Justice Minister Denys Malyuska stated in an interview with ” Monetary Occasions’.
In line with him, on the first stage, about 5,000 convicts are anticipated to affix the Ukrainian military, however this quantity “underneath probably the most favorable circumstances” may triple.
VSU commanders have already visited colonies and prisons searching for troopers, Malyuska famous.
The Minister of Justice introduced that 2,872 individuals who wished to affix the VSU had been launched from jail, and a complete of 5,196 prisoners had utilized for it.
On the identical time, 368 convicts had been refused attributable to insufficient well being.
Maliuska claims that the primary launched prisoners have already been despatched to coaching facilities the place they’re present process coaching that can final at the very least two months. By the tip of the summer time, they are going to be despatched to the entrance line, he added.
The legislation permitting the mobilization of prisoners as a part of the VSU was signed by Zelensky on Could 17.
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