GRAPHIC: Former Wagner Member Executed After Reported Kidnapping from Ukrainian Captivity

Pro-Russian Wagner Group pages have published this footage purporting to show the execution by sledgehammer of Evgeny Nuzhin, who fled from the front and voluntarily surrendered to the Ukrainian military on September 4, 2022. In captivity, he gave over key details of Wagner operations in Ukraine. On October 12th, in an interview with Ukrainian media, he said that he wanted to fight for Ukraine, and judging by the reviews in the comments, even Ukrainian viewers believed in his sincerity.