Wagner mercenary group will ‘decrease’ as prisoner recruitment ends, says boss Kremlin is said to be pushing back against private army and curbing influence of Yevgeny Prighozin The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023
Why Russia lionises inmates fighting in Ukraine The Kremlin has lauded mercenaries with the powerful private Wagner Group, of which thousands are ex-prisoners. Al Jazeera · Feb 10, 2023
Former Wagner Group commander who fled to Norway feared for his life Andrey Medvedev told the Guardian he had seen summary executions of mercenary group’s Russian fighters The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023
Ukraine rejects Putin’s 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas Kyiv says Moscow’s declaration of truce, after Russian president cited appeal from patriarch, is ‘hypocrisy’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2023
Wagner denies involvement after mercenary killed in Ukraine Yevgeny Prigozhin accuses US of executing Yevgenny Nuzhin, who reportedly switched sides to join Ukrainian forces. Al Jazeera · Nov 15, 2022
Sledgehammer killing of Wagner Group conscript ‘warning to defectors’ say western officials Footage of former prisoner Yevgeny Nuzhin being hit with a sledgehammer was posted on a telegram account linked to the Wagner Group this week Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2022
Fears war in Ukraine will 'grind' on through next year despite weapons shortages Western officials believe winter freezes will cause more battlefield casualties, while the brutal mercenary unit The Wagner Group is fast becoming part of Vladimir Putin's regular military Daily Mirror · Nov 15, 2022
Family ‘horrified’ by video of sledgehammer killing of Wagner Group defector Kremlin-linked private military group posted video of apparent execution in Russia of Yevgeny Nuzhin The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022
Traumatised sons hit out at Vladimir Putin's 'fascists' who sledgehammered dad to death Ilya and Nikita Nuzhin have said that their father was "killed like an animal" after horrific footage showed Yevgeny Nuzhin being murdered by Russian private army Wagner Daily Mirror · Nov 14, 2022
Convicted murderer hired by Vladimir Putin to fight Ukraine surrenders and defects Yevgeny Nuhzin, who was sentenced to 24 years in jail after killing someone in 1999, is reportedly one of thousands of prisoners released from prison to fight for Russia's struggling armed forces Daily Mirror · Sep 19, 2022