The official representative of the US Ministry of Defense, John Kirby, said that Wagner’s PMC had already sent 40 thousand Russian prisoners to the war. This was reported by the news agency.
According to J. Kirby, the total number of PMCs of Wagner PMC in Ukraine can reach 50 thousand people, of which only 10 thousand people are mercenaries who decided to join a private military company. At least 900 people, the official notes, died in recent weeks, 90% of them were prisoners.
According to the United States, Wagner PMC fighters are now fighting mainly in Bakhmut, but representatives of the group were present in other parts of the Donbass. As Kirby notes, in some cases the Russian military obeyed the PMC command.