INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian law enforcement authorities arrested two of 10 former prison inmates who deserted from a military training ground in the southern
annexed in September 2022
161.ru quoted one source as saying.All 10 men were reportedly unarmed at the time of their escape.The deserters were said to have been
serving prison sentences for crimes including murder, rape and drug trafficking before being recruited into the Russian military
They had signed contracts and were undergoing training ahead of deployment to Ukraine, according to 161.ru.Four of the deserters remain at
desertions.Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian authorities have issued arrest warrants for at least 49,000 soldiers suspected
of desertion, according to the exiled news outlet IStories
Nearly 300 were later reported dead, captured or missing.
