Report: Armed Forces of Ukraine have killed more than 500 Russian prisoners recruited by Wagner private military contractorsAs of early November, more than 500 Russian prisoners have died in the war in Ukraine.Source: The Insider based on data of the Ukrainian Non-Governmental Organization Center for Analytical Studies and Countering Hybrid Threats and own calculationsDetails: The publication notes that the Ukrainian Center for the Analytical Studies and Countering Hybrid Threats discovered and verified more than 200 letters signed by Andrey Troshev, one of the heads of the Wagner Group, with condolences to the families of mercenaries recruited by Wagner in Russian colonies.Aesthetics, Innovation and Energy Efficiency in Wartime"Over the past three weeks, dozens of new messages from relatives of prisoners about their deaths were published on social media.The exact number is unknown since none of the relatives posted photos of the awards where the serial number would be visible (The relatives were probably warned that posting photos of the award documents is prohibited)," The Insider writes.Background:- On 4 July, Vazhnye Istorii [Russian for Important Stories, a Russian outlet focused on investigative journalism] reported that Wagner PMC began to recruit inmates from St Petersburg as "volunteers" to join the war in Ukraine."