The mercenary organization recruits prisoners directly from Russian prisons. They are often sent into the chaos without any military training.
According to British intelligence, the Russian mercenary group Wagner continues to play an important role in the battles for the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. In recent months, she said, she has actively developed offensive tactics to take advantage of the large numbers of poorly trained convicts she has recruited.
Individual fighters must be given a smartphone with predetermined routes and targets. Sometimes they receive fire support, but are rarely accompanied by armored vehicles. Meanwhile, the commanders of the military platoons, which number between 20 and 50 people, remain hidden and give orders from a safe distance. They must also be supported by drone video material.
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Mercenaries face execution
Meanwhile, Wagner’s mercenaries who deviate from their predetermined route or fail to reach defined objectives face arbitrary execution. According to the British secret service, the Wagner group is using this tactic to try to protect its battle-hardened and experienced soldiers and armored vehicles, and deliberately burns large numbers of available prisoners who are recruited directly from Russian prisons.
Time and again, the Wagner group proves its brutality. A few weeks ago, a video appeared on social media showing the murder of a defector. Yevgeny Nushin was imprisoned for murder in Russia until a few months ago, before he was recruited by the Wagner group for the war in Ukraine.
Prisoner hammer brutal murder
There he became a Ukrainian prisoner of war and gave interviews to several newspapers during this time. After returning to Russia in a prisoner exchange, he was beaten to death with a sledgehammer on camera.
Telegram’s pro-Russian website “Grey Zone” published the video showing Nushin’s final moments. His head is glued to a rock. Nushin says: “I am Yevgeny Anatolyevich Nushin, born in 1967. I went to the front to fight on the side of Ukraine against the Russians.” Then a person whose face you cannot see hits Nushin in the head with full force with the huge hammer. Then another blow to the head.
Putin confidant celebrated execution
Yevgeny Prigozhin, also known as “Putin’s cook” and considered one of the key figures in the Wagner group, later commented on the incident with “a dog dies a dog’s death”. The billionaire, who made his fortune in the hotel industry, reportedly praised the people in the video. “It was an excellent directorial job. I hope no animals were harmed during filming.” Later, the EU Parliament received a bloody hammer in the mail – presumably from Prigozhin. Later, the businessman even argued that the CIA could be behind the murder.
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