Sputnik International
By Ilya Tsukanov
February 28, 202
The long-running crisis in Ukraine which began after a Western-backed coup in Kiev in 2014 escalated dramatically late last week after Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize the country. The operation began after weeks of escalating artillery, mortar and sniper attacks by Kiev forces against the Donbass republics.
Ukraine will free convicts with combat experience from the country’s prisons and send them to the “hottest” parts of the front to fight Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced.