SK SOS, a human rights group in Chechnya, say that Russian authorities are “blackmailing” imprisoned gay Chechen men to become soldiers, and fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine. The group says that the men are threatened and blackmailed into ‘volunteering’ to fight on the frontlines of the globally controversial war. SK SOS says they are aware of at least seven cases of gay men being forced by blackmail to fight, and that one of the men sent to the frontlines in Ukraine has been killed. Releasing the report on Telegram, the SK SOS post details the threats the men received.