For Russian wife killer Azamat Iskaliyev, the war was a one-way ticket out of jail.

The 37-year-old had served less than a third of a nine-year murder sentence ¡ª for stabbing his spouse to death in his car in the summer of 2021 because she wanted a divorce ¡ª when he was freed and pardoned by Russia in return for fighting in Ukraine.

The six-month battlefield stint didn¡¯t diminish his appetite for violent revenge against women who spurned him.