Wagner Group stops recruiting prisoners as growing numbers refuse to be enlisted on suicide missions, reports say

• The Wagner Group has stopped recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine, its founder said Thursday.
• Reports say prisoners are refusing to go because they know about Wagner's high rate of casualties. 
• One prisoner told Meduza they no longer want "even to discuss the possibility" of joining the war. 

The Wagner Group has stopped recruiting prisoners as growing numbers refuse to be enlisted on suicide missions in Ukraine, according to multiple reports.