There are analogies with Russia: Markovka predicted how many prisoners will be sent to the front

The number of people with convictions that can be mobilized is not yet calculated. Much depends on the military medical commissions. On May 8, the Ukrainian Parliament approved as a whole a bill, which now allows for certain categories to be mobilized to the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, despite the fears of society, maniacs or serial murderers, it will be left in the sentence. The BBC was told by Justice Minister Denis Masus.

The head of the ministry confessed that he personally advocates for a broader involvement of this category of people in hostilities, but it is the armed forces that, in each case, they should determine that such a fighter is suitable. He noted that the prisoners for murder would just go to war to kill. Sentenced to life murder, said the minister, as a rule, committed a crime at the age of 18-19, when "the brain has not yet been formed" and the psyche is "unstable.

" And after staying in prison, the psychological portrait of such a person has nothing to do with a person who has deprived someone of life at a young age. At the same time, Denis Masuska does not see the danger that Ukraine may "copy" Russia that attracts criminals to fighting in penalties like "Storm Z". According to him, the parallel really exists, but it is a difference in approaches.

"They were forced mobilization, they all were forced to leave, they did not prepare anyone, without preparation it was mostly simply" meat "," he said. In Ukraine, in his opinion, "different history", because with prisoners a contract for service in the Armed Forces, which assesses the risks of each entity. He compared this situation with UEFA auspices and a street team.

"Well, that is, there are analogies, and then - the type of football, but the rules of the game are a little different," the Minister of Justice explained. At the same time, experts note that there are not many prisoners in Ukraine in Ukraine, healthy physically. Therefore, according to Clovatka, the country is able to involve several thousand prisoners or convictions in the troops.

"I think that thousand ten could be attracted, maybe a little more," he suggested that he said that not more than twenty thousand. He noted that the figures of potential mobilized are not calculated at the moment, since there are many possible scenarios. In addition, much depends on the military medical commissions.

Denis Masuska also said that during the martial law, the concentration of people in their penitentiary institutions has increased significantly, as a completely new category of criminals - collaborators and traitors - was added. In addition, citizens have many firearms in their hands, which causes an increase in the number of crimes related to its use.

Therefore, it is not least that he agitates for the mobilization of prisoners and convicts, so as not to violate the standards for the number of people to a certain area. Focus wrote that according to a member of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence of David Arahamia, potentially forces of defense can mobilize from 15 to 20 thousand Ukrainian prisoners.