Bakhmut
Estimate of more than 19,500 Wagner deaths
A BBC Russia and Mediazona investigation estimating that more than 19,500 Wagner personnel died between January 2022 and August 2023 during the battle for Bakhmut. More than 17,000 were former prisoners pardoned in exchange for fighting.
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