Russian mercenary group Wagner may lose thousands of fighters

Within the coming weeks the Russian mercenary group Wagner might lose many of the prisoners it recruited into its ranks as their six-month army contracts expire.

Evaluation by the US Institute for the Examine of Conflict, citing British intelligence, estimates 1000's of convicts recruited within the autumn of 2022 will probably be pardoned and launched, in line with a promise by the top of the mercenary group. 

The UK Ministry of Defence predicts it will considerably weaken Wagner, which is already struggling after the Kremlin banned it from recruiting any extra prisoners.

For months the group has been combating a bloody battle for Bakhmut, a metropolis in jap Ukraine which some argue is of little strategic worth, however is more and more symbolic significance.

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