Ukrainian president says Russian forces continue to focus operations in direction of city of Pokrovsk after two villages were captured
Russian authorities have issued arrest warrants for nine prisoners under contract with the country’s armed forces who escaped from a military training ground in Russia’s Belgorod region, according to local media reports.
The Kyiv Independent reports: The escaped convicts, who joined the Russian armed forces likely in exchange for the opportunity of parole, include two convicts convicted of murder, three for causing bodily harm, one for unlawful confinement, and the others for unspecified lesser offences, according to local outlet Pepel Belgorod. According to a wanted posters shared by Pepel Belgorod, the inmates allegedly escaped on 26 July and 27 July.
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