Russian ex-prisoners released after fighting in Ukraine.
(Russia)
Jan 05,2023
The first group of Russian prisoners offered an amnesty in return for fighting in Ukraine has been released, the head of a mercenary group that employed them said in a video published on Thursday.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group, was seen in the video speaking to a group of men - some of them injured - whose faces were blurred.
"You've worked through your contract. You worked honourably, with dignity," Prigozhin said in the video published by Russia's Ria Novosti news agency.
Prigozhin said the men "should be treated with deepest respect by society" after completing the six-month contracts they were offered to obtain freedom.
"Don't drink a lot, don't use drugs, don't rape women, do not get up to no good," Prigozhin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, could be heard telling them.
The first group of Russian prisoners offered an amnesty in return for fighting in Ukraine has been released, the head of a mercenary group that employed them said in a video published on Thursday.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group, was seen in the video speaking to a group of men - some of them injured - whose faces were blurred.
"You've worked through your contract. You worked honourably, with dignity," Prigozhin said in the video published by Russia's Ria Novosti news agency.
Prigozhin said the men "should be treated with deepest respect by society" after completing the six-month contracts they were offered to obtain freedom.
"Don't drink a lot, don't use drugs, don't rape women, do not get up to no good," Prigozhin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, could be heard telling them.