The cemetery of Russian mercenaries of the "Wagner" group in the village of Bakunsk, Krasnodar Territory 

, has grown rapidly in size over the past few months

.

This is evidenced by Maxar Technologies satellite images and video recordings published by The New York Times. 

The US government claims that "Wagner" losses in Russia's war against Ukraine number in the thousands.

90 percent of them are prisoners who have been recruited into the war in exchange for release from prison if they survive.

A satellite image taken on January 24 shows about 170 burial plots in the area of ​​the cemetery where militants are known to be buried.

This number has increased almost seven times

, judging by new satellite images.

Photo: Maxar Technologies

We will remind, according to US estimates, about 50,000 Wagnerites are fighting on the territory of Ukraine, 90% of them are convicts mobilized in Russian colonies.

The White House announced that this week the "Wagner" group will be recognized as a terrorist organization.

This will entail additional sanctions. 

Wagner's PMK

 is a Russian military structure that includes mercenaries.

It was created in 2013.

Took part in hostilities in Donbas (on the side of Russia) and Syria (on the side of the Assad regime, Russia's ally).

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