Zelensky frees convicted child rapists, torturers to reinforce depleted military - The Grayzone

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"These are animals, not people": Zelensky frees convicted child rapists, torturers to reinforce depleted military - The Grayzone

https://thegrayzone.com/2022/07/30/zelensky-militants-convicted-child-rape-torture-military/

Once condemned by Ukrainian officials and imprisoned for sadistic torture and the rape of minors, leaders of the notorious Tornado Battalion are free under Volodymyr Zelensky’s orders. After banning virtually his entire political opposition, publishing a blacklist of foreign journalists and academics accused of advancing “Russian propaganda,” and ramming through a law exempting 70% of Ukrainians from workplace protections, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy has freed from prison fascist militants convicted of some of the most heinous crimes the country has […]

"These are animals, not people": Zelensky frees convicted child rapists, torturers to reinforce depleted military - The Grayzone

A long article by Esha Krishnaswamy about the background and historical circumstances of Tornado battalion whose members have been released from prison by Zelensky. It covers their previous unit's history and the events that lead to their current formation; the abuses of Tornado battalion while occupying the LDPR; and the crimes revealed in the trial of Tornado battalion's members.