Oleg Davigora14:41, 10.06.24

From the data on the numbers of tokens of liquidated prisoners, it follows that the “Wagnerians” recruited at least 48,366 prisoners.

Almost 90% of the Wagnerites who were eliminated during the storming of Bakhmut were recruited prisoners, and the Communist Party of Ukraine spent 108 billion rubles on posthumous payments to their families.

” Mediazon ” publication and Russian service ” BBC ” got access to the database of “Wagnerites” liquidated between January 2022 and August 2023 under the occupied Bakhmut of the Russian Armed Forces. It contains more than 20,000 surnames.

The number of liquidated prisoners began to increase sharply from September 12, 2022. Russian propagandists claimed that it was on this day that the Russian military approached Bakhmut and occupied the industrial zone. Among the prisoners who survived are mainly those who got to the front in the summer and autumn of 2022.

Most of the Wagnerites – 19,500 people – were eliminated during the months-long fighting for the Ukrainian Bakhmut. The journalists found out that almost 90% of the “Wagnerians” liquidated during the storming of the city – 17,175 people – were prisoners. Earlier, Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that in the battles for the city, ordinary mercenaries of the “Wagner” PMC and recruited prisoners were eliminated equally. On some days, the PMK lost more than 200 people a day. It was probably necessary to preserve the image of the PVC, notes “BBC”.

From the data on the numbers of tokens of liquidated prisoners, it follows that the Wagnerites recruited at least 48,366 prisoners. The designations on each of them began with the letter “K” – this is probably a reference to the word “colony”. Two-thirds of the colonies in which recruitment took place are under strict regime. Most were taken from Krasnoyarsk VK-6 under strict regime – more than 500 people.

The investigation stated that PVK Wagner spent about 108 billion rubles on posthumous compensation to their relatives. This amount does not include compensation for injuries and a large part of salaries.

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