The Wagner PMC Is it possible to surpass the brutality of Nazi war criminals – it seems the Private Military Company Wagner is out to do just that. Even the name is no coincidence – Richard Wagner was Hitler’s favorite composer. Word has it that the head of the Wagner group, Dmitry Utkin, is a fan of the Third Reich, and, therefore, gave the group this name. The Wagner PMC mercenaries have been involved in a long list of crimes during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine – atrocities in Bucha; the recent attack on Azov war prisoners in the Olenivka correctional colony. Even the militant that castrated a Ukrainian prisoner with a clerical knife in the latest video could also be a member of the Wagner group. PMC Wagner is a Russian private military organization that, according to journalistic investigations, is financed through Yevgeny Prigozhin – a member of Putin’s “inner circle”. PMC Wagner took part in military operations in Ukraine in 2014, in Syria, Lybia, and in African countries. The US Department of State also confirms this information by placing sanctions on the alleged leaders of the PMC Wagner group. (…) According to Medusa journalist investigations and witnesses in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, PMC Wagner has weapons, ammunition, and even military planes. In April, Bellingcat reported that 8,000 Wagner militants participated in the so-called Russian “special operation” in Ukraine. During the first three months of the war, 3,000 were killed. Exceptional Brutality and Cruelty However, from April, several PWC Wagner recruitment drives PWC have been conducted in correctional colonies in Russia. According to Russian human rights organizations, about 1,000 prisoners agreed to cooperate from just two jails. Wagner’s militants are known for their exceptional brutality and cruelty. Due to the recruitment of mercenaries from correctional colonies, their atrocities cross all human boundaries. Wagner’s military have committed the most terrible war crimes in Ukraine. Ukrainian intelligence officers believe that the recent killing of 53 Ukrainian Azov war prisoners in the Olenivka colony in Donetsk Region was arranged by the Wagner mercenaries. The bodies of 1,314 civilians, killed by Russian invaders during the occupation, were found in Kyiv region. This was stated by the head of the Main Directorate of the National Police of the Kyiv region. Suspects of war crimes in the Kyiv region have been identified. The SBU published the suspects’ personal data – names, dates of birth, places of service, and photos. Two of them turned out to be natives of Belarus – these are Sergei Sazanov and Alexander Stupnitsky. According to Ukrainian information, these men all serve in PWC Wagner.
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