Russia cuts training of contracted convicts to just 10 days amid mounting death toll

That’s according to a morning situational update by the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Ukrinform reports.

 Against the background of significant manpower losses, the Russian military leadership made a decision to reduce to 10 days the period of training for personnel from among the convicts, whose base camp was deployed in the Starobilsk district of Luhansk region," the statement reads.

According to the General Staff, earlier, about 1,000 reinforcements were brought to the said camp from Russian penal colonies. The initial training period was four weeks.

As reported, the enemy is bringing airborne assault and motorized rifle units to the Bakhmut area where fierce fighting is raging.