Ukraine War: Pardoned Russian convicts leaving a trail of violence in their hometowns

Both Russia's military and the Wagner Group have heavily recruited from jails to find people to send to the front in Ukraine. Now pardoned, many of them are coming home and leaving a trail of violence.

Sky's Diana Magnay reports from Russia where tens of thousands of dangerous ex-convicts, returning from the frontline, are leaving a trail of violence in rural areas.

Read more on the story here: https://news.sky.com/story/the-sleepy-russian-village-where-a-pardoned-ex-convict-back-from-ukraine-carried-out-butchery-12959153

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