A Wagner mercenary who defected to Ukraine was brutally executed by unknown pro-Russian soldiers. Founder Yevgeny Prigozhin jokes about it.
Apparently pro-Russian soldiers are said to have brutally killed a deserter – in front of the camera. It is said to be a former mercenary of the notorious Wagner group. A video that is supposed to show the crime is circulating on social media channels that are attributed to the Wagner Group.
In it, a man named Yevgeny Nuzhin is presented. He says that he has decided to fight against Russia. He gives his personal details while his head is taped to a wall on one side. Then a man in military gear hits them with a sledgehammer.
“I hope no animals were harmed.”
The founder and financier of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, commented on the gruesome act via his company’s Telegram channel: “My favorite thing to watch is history in the theater. As for the sledgehammer, on this show it is clear that he (the soldier) didn’t find happiness in Ukraine but met with unkind but fair people.It seems to me this movie is called ‘A Dog Receives the Death of a Dog’.Excellent directorial work,looks like it was recorded without a break. I hope no animals were harmed during filming.”
The Wagner mercenary group was founded in May 2014 to send fighters to the Ukrainian Donbass, Prigozhin recently admitted. From this point on, “a group of patriots” was born, which “later received the name Battalion Tactical Group Wagner”. It has seen service in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but is not an official part of the Russian forces. Nevertheless, the mercenaries are also fighting for the Ukraine war.
Killed was recruited in prison
According to the Reuters news agency, the man who was killed defected to Ukrainian troops in September. In media interviews, he described himself as a convicted murderer who reported to the Wagner mercenaries in prison. He then decided to switch sides. The Wagner group has long been suspected of searching for recruits in Russian prisons and also recruiting convicted violent criminals.
Former Ukrainian Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko condemned the act, saying that Russia had become a Nazi regime and had “its own SS”.
Putin’s cook accuses the governor of St. Petersburg of high treason
Prigozhin sent another warning on the Telegram channel of his company Concord: “But don’t forget, there are not only traitors who drop their weapons and go to the enemy to betray their people and their homeland. Some traitors sit in their offices and don’t think about their own people. Some of them fly their own business jets to countries that hitherto appear neutral to us. They fly away so as not to be part of today’s problems. They are also traitors.” He could mean oligarchs who have left Russia.
At the same time, it was announced that Prigozhin intends to take action against the governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov. His company asked the Attorney General’s Office to charge him with treason. The background is still unclear. The Wagner Group opened its headquarters in Russia’s second largest city just a few days ago. Beglov had lodged an objection to this. Prigozhin accused him of supporting Ukraine and demanded his resignation.