Wagner Group Convict Fighters Taking Heavy Losses in Ukraine

Name: Wagner Group Convict Fighters Taking Heavy Losses in Ukraine
Uploaded: 2023-01-24 16:57:30Z
Duration: 3 min 24 s
Channel: Igor Tsikhanenka
Description: White House says prisoners make up 90% of mercenary group casualties on front lines

January 24, 2023 11:57 AM

By Igor Tsikhanenka

Wagner Group Convict Fighters Taking Heavy Losses in Ukraine

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For the past few months, human rights activists have been sounding alarms about the Russian private military company Wagner Group using convicts to fight Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Now, the White House says casualties are “extraordinarily high” among the estimated 40,000 convicts fighting for the mercenary group on front lines in Ukraine. Igor Tsikhanenka has more. Patsy Widakuswara contributed.