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Penal military units

  • Russian penal military units during the Russian invasion of UkraineThe Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine claims Russia has recruited between 140,000 and 180,000 convicts to fight in Ukraine.
  • Storm-ZOn the 6th of April 2023, Ukrainian forces captured documents that revealed the existence of Storm-Z units. These penal military groups emerged from a…
  • Storm-VVladimir Putin signed a law on the 24th of June 2023 that officially created Storm-V units. This decree simultaneously disbanded the earlier Storm-Z…