Documents obtained by Mediazona and BBC Russia reveal that Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner group recruited 48,000 ex-convicts, with over 17,000 of them killed in the battle for Bakhmut, Ukraine. The data indicates that Russia lost 1,190 soldiers, 51 artillery systems, and one aircraft in the past 24 hours.
So, according to new findings from Russia's Wagner Group documents, the mercenary army lost at least 19,547 men killed in action in the Battle of Bakhmut. 17,175 of them were convicts recruited from prisons all across Russia. That's 35.5% of the total number of convicts (at…
Fascinating @bbcrussian article, detailing from secret documents that Yevgeny Prigozhin recruited 48.366 Russian prisoners of which 17.175 were killed in Ukraine. This makes 55 killed per day between August 2022 and May 2023. https://t.co/xbAFy5cdRJ
Of the 20,000 Wagner fighters killed in Bakhmut, more than 17,000 were former prisoners. It’s a terribly immoral and criminal win for RU government: Bakhmut occupied, domestic prison population reduced, UAF lost experienced soldiers. https://t.co/HOTCETmP6D
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner group lost over 17 000 fighters recruited from prisons in the battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a new investigation by the BBC and @mediazona_en has discovered.This constitutes almost 90% of group’s overall losses during that campaign (thread)
An amazingly well-documented investigation of how the Prigozhin's Wagner group used convicts at the frontlines in June 2022-May 2023: https://t.co/vjrTIHqE0R. Only for Wagner, Putin pardoned 48,000 criminals and spent more than $1 billion on death payments to their relatives.
NEW @oivshina and @Olya_Prosvirova uncover the real toll of Russia's assault on Ukraine's Bakhmut, revealing real numbers from leaked internal Wagner records. Text piece https://t.co/rVVa24HWeI and video https://t.co/Yh8wMcBOZ0. By @bbcrussian and @mediazona_en
Mediazona and BBC Russia obtained docs detailing payments to deceased Wagner mercenaries. Data reveals that nearly 20k Wagner members died in Bakhmut (17k former convicts). Overall, data shows Prigozhin recruited 48,000 ex-convicts. Staggering numbers https://t.co/pCa2ShfamS
🧮 Russia loses 1,190 soldiers, 51 artillery systems and one aircraft over past 24 hours https://t.co/n5zflFRSLJ