"Recently completed training": The Council answered how many prisoners joined the Armed Forces

According to the Secretary of the National Security Committee Roman Kostenko, there are already injured and killed among the convicts. The demand of the conscription among this category has decreased, as most of the motivated citizens have already gone to serve. There are almost 4,000 released prisoners as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Some of them have started to perform combat missions.

The secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Roman Kostenko said this in a comment to the Ukrainian Pravda. According to him, the total number of such citizens who made the decision to stand up for the home of the home with weapons in their hands is 3. 8 thousand prisoners. All of them are already in the Armed Forces, and some are completely on the front. "Most of them have recently completed their studies.

But there are already injured and the dead among them," Roman Kostenko said. Separately, the Secretary of the National Security Committee added that the demand for mobilization in the Armed Forces has decreased, as the main part of the motivated people has already signed a contract and began to serve.

In general, Roman Kostenko will be able to mobilize at least 5,000 prisoners to the ranks of the defense forces, but more if you can create an opportunity for the conscription of citizens who are in a pre -trial detention center. He is convinced that then more people will be involved in the service. We will remind, on July 4 it was reported that in Ukraine at least 5. 5 thousand prisoners wanted to mobilize to the Armed Forces.