“The difference here is that, it appears that the Donetsk rebels are engaged in impressment, whereas the Ukrainian military is doing something entirely different.”
The rebels are using drunks to dig ditches.
Lyashko is releasing criminals from prison to fight for his Nazi battalions.
There is a precedent for this.
Oskar Dirlewanger, the worst Nazi War Criminal of them all, did the exact same thing during WW2, and was very active in Ukraine, putting down partisans. It was Dirlewanger’s troops that brutally put down the Warsaw Uprising, as well.
The Soviets had a standing order that Dirlewanger’s men were to be shot on sight, preferably after torture, with no quarter given.
I wonder if Lyashko fancies himself as the modern-day Dirlewanger.
I didn't gather that information from the link that you provided. Did RT tweet it, perhaps?
Where are the Zyklon B facilities?