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Only 10,000 Russian Prisoners Recruited By Wagner PMC Remained On Front Line - Media

Only 10,000 Russian Prisoners Recruited By Wagner PMC Remained On Front Line - Media

Of the approximately 50,000 prisoners recruited by the Russian private military company Wagner for the war in Ukraine, about 10,000 are on the front line. The rest were either killed or wounded.

The corresponding statement was made by the head of the Russian foundation Russia Behind Bars Olga Romanova.

According to her, as of December 2022, the fighters of the Wagner PMC were able to recruit more than 42,000 people in prisons and penal colonies of Russia.

The recruitment of prisoners continues, so their total number may exceed 50,000 people.

At the same time, about 10,000 recruited prisoners take part in combat operations on the front line.

"Because all the others were either killed, or wounded, or missing, or deserted, or surrendered," Romanova said.

She also suggested that the owner of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, probably does not keep statistics on the recruited prisoners killed in hostilities.

This can be evidenced by cases where relatives of killed prisoners receive empty coffins. Several such cases were reported by the Russian mass media the day before.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, according to the information of the Defense Intelligence, the owner of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin intends to occupy a high position in the Kremlin by achieving military success in Ukraine.

However, very recently it became known that Russian propagandists were instructed to ignore Wagner PMC in the information agenda and to focus attention on personnel units of the Russian army.

We also reported that, according to British intelligence, the Wagner PMC is a key component of Russia's military company in Ukraine.