Wagner private military contractors already dying in Ukraine - intelligence

Ukrainian intelligence officials have published pictures of the name tags of private military contractors belonging to the Wagner Group who have died in Ukraine. 

Source: Press Service, Central Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Quote: "Russia is recruiting mercenaries from private military companies to replenish their forces.In particular, mercenaries hired by Liga (formerly known as Wagner) are already taking part in combat operations in Ukraine as part of the Russian army. 

Evidence of this is provided by the name tags of deceased soldiers belonging to the occupying forces. Some tags were made for use during the Syrian war and have inscriptions in Arabic, English and French, as well as Syrian phone numbers."

Details: Intelligence officers have confirmed that Wagner is a Russian military formation that uses mercenaries.

Wagner contractors are taking part in armed conflicts in a number of theatres, including the Donbas region of Ukraine (on Russia’s side), Syria (on the side of Putin’s ally Assad) and Sudan. An independent mission under the UN Human Rights Council has established that Wagner's actions constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity. The European Union has imposed personal sanctions against Wagner contractors and leaders.

This was preceded by: A few days ago, a US official said that Russia would send about one thousand more mercenaries to Ukraine "in the coming days and weeks" because those already in Ukraine had performed poorly.