17,000 inmates “disappear” from Russian prisons during war in Ukraine
Pravda Ukraine
Correctional facilities in 35 regions of Russia have lost 17,000 inmates during the war in Ukraine.
Source: Russian online media outlet Mediazona
Quote: “Neither the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (FPS), nor Prigozhin (Evgeny Prigozhin, the Russian financier and founder of the infamous Wagner Group) or the Ministry of Defence of Russia published any official information about the number of inmates recruited to fight in the war.