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The Ukrainian prisoners going into combat

A controversial new law allows parole for prisoners convicted of less serious crimes – if they serve in the Ukrainian military. We shine a light on those who have made this decision:

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Volodymyr Barandich has been making barbed wire in a penal colony near Kyiv for the past six months. 

But now he can be released, and plans to join…

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