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According to the department, the use of short -term contracts with prisoners caused controversy in society. Especially the Russians were disturbed by repeated cases of crimes, as well as the fact that the prisoners served less than mobilized and reservists. The Russian military revised the approach to the army, refusing to use short -term contracts with prisoners, as it was at the beginning of the war with Ukraine. Instead, the focus is on a regular set of new soldiers on long -term contracts.

This is stated in the report of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom, published on January 31. The United Kingdom's military indicated that the investigation of the BBC Russian service found that since September 2023, Russia stopped recruiting prisoners for short-term terms. Standardized contracts are now proposed, which oblige military service at least before the completion of the partial mobilization order in September 2022.

It is noted that the use of short -term contracts with prisoners caused controversy in society. Especially the Russians were concerned about repeated crimes of prisoners who returned and a short period of service compared to reservists mobilized for a indefinite period. "It is likely that short -term recruitment of prisoners was a response to problems with the army at the beginning of the war.

In 2023, the Russian state was most likely to turn to a regular set of contract as a major source of new military personnel," - reads a defense intelligence message . These changes in the approach to recruitment are a significant turn and can affect the dynamics of hostilities and the balance of power in the region, summarized the British military.