The first death of a Russian woman released from prison by Vladimir Putin to fight against Ukraine has been announced after she was “attacked” on the front lines.
Elena Pimonenkova, 37, had been serving a prison sentence for multiple offences, including a knife attack on a man, carjacking, robbery, property damage and threatening to kill, before being drafted into the Russian army. .
The criminal was reportedly killed in the Belgorod war zone inside Russia, but the circumstances are still unclear at the moment.
Pimonenko was hand-picked for Putin’s army at a penal colony in the Leningrad region, near St. Petersburg, and enlisted in exchange for a shorter prison sentence.
She had to serve one more year in prison when she was released.
Elena Pimonenkova (pictured), 37, had been serving a prison sentence for multiple offences, including a knife attack on a man, carjacking, robbery, property damage and threatening to kill, before being recruited by the Russian army.
Pimonenkova reportedly died in the Belgorod war zone inside Russia, but the circumstances remain unclear at the moment.
Pimonenko was hand-picked for Putin’s army at a penal colony in the Leningrad region, near St. Petersburg, and enlisted in exchange for a shorter prison sentence.
Her relatives have been told that she was hit by a car near the front, but they say they do not believe the official version of her death.
Her mother received a phone call the day before her death from an unknown man who told her that he would “take care of Elena and rid her of bad habits.”
Reports say Putin has slowed or stopped the recruitment of convicted women.
It all started in February of this year, when Pimonenkova was one of ten selected by the Russian Ministry of Defense from among 60 candidates.
According to the Russian news site 47news.ru, the ministry is no longer recruiting female prisoners on the same scale, despite intensifying efforts to fill the ranks with men as cannon fodder for its war.
At least six people are reported to have been killed in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, following a Russian attack on a medical facility.
The Ukrainian air force said it had shot down 69 of 73 drones fired overnight from Russia. At least 15 of the drones were intercepted on the outskirts of Kyiv.
Keir Starmer took advantage of his first speech before the United Nations Security Council to ask Putin’s representative how dare he appear at the UN.
He said the illegal invasion had caused “colossal human suffering” with 35,000 victims, 6 million people forced to flee and almost 20,000 Ukrainian children “kidnapped”.
At least six people have died in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, after a Russian attack on a medical center
Searchlights in the Ukrainian capital. The Ukrainian air force said it had shot down 69 of 73 drones fired overnight from Russia. At least 15 drones were intercepted on the outskirts of Kyiv
Sir Keir was also due to hold talks with Volodymyr Zelensky at the meeting of world leaders in New York as the Ukrainian president prepares to present his “victory plan” to end the war at a crucial meeting at the White House tomorrow.
The Prime Minister told the Security Council, on which Russia has a permanent seat: “Six hundred thousand Russian soldiers have also been killed or wounded in this war. And for what?
‘The Charter of the United Nations, which they sit here to defend, speaks of human dignity. Do not treat your own citizens as pieces of meat to be thrown into the mincer.
He said the war had also triggered a “global energy crisis and a global food security crisis”, while Russia was now deepening its military ties with North Korea and Iran.
With Russia’s deputy representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, in the room, the prime minister urged: “Aggression cannot bring results. Borders cannot be redrawn by force. Russia started this illegal war. He must put an end to it and leave Ukraine.
