Ukraine lawmakers just passed a bill that'll allow the country to mimic Russia's tactic of drafting convicts to fight in the war

• Ukraine's parliament passed a bill on Wednesday to conscript inmates to fight Russia.
• The bill, if enacted, imitates the Russian approach of using prisoners to fuel its war efforts.
• But unlike Russia, Ukraine says it will not send violent criminals to the battlefield.

Lawmakers in Ukraine passed a bill on Wednesday that would allow the country's military to recruit prisoners to fight on the battlefield.

The bill, which has yet to be signed into law by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will allow Ukraine to mimic the Russian tactic of drafting convicts for their war effort.