Russia has recruited over 100,000 prisoners for its 'human wave' assaults against Ukraine since the war began, reports say

• Russia is believed to have recruited more than 100,000 prisoners to fight in Ukraine, says Newsweek.
• The practise of recruiting prisoners was started by the Wagner Group and continued by the Kremlin.
• Russia's prison population has dropped from around 420,000 before the war to about 266,000 now.

Russia is believed to have recruited over 100,000 prisoners to fight in Ukraine since the war began, according to various rights advocacy groups.