SVO Hero Stabbed His Girlfriend to Death

In Saratov, a pardoned SVO veteran murdered his girlfriend in her workplace after she tried to end their relationship. The brutal stabbing, caught on security cameras, is part of a disturbing pattern: killers released from prison to fight in Ukraine, then returning to commit new crimes — and sometimes seeking to avoid punishment by returning to war. We break down the loopholes, the numbers, and the consequences for ordinary families.