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LONG READ - Prison, war and revenge killing: the inside story of the Wagner 'sledgehammer murder' case
![Yaroslav Trofimov on Twitter: "Wagner releases a horrific, ISIS-style video of executing with a sledgehammer a former convict-turned mercenary who was taken POW by Ukrainians and presumably returned to Russia in a Yaroslav Trofimov on Twitter: "Wagner releases a horrific, ISIS-style video of executing with a sledgehammer a former convict-turned mercenary who was taken POW by Ukrainians and presumably returned to Russia in a](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fhds_0KWAAAJGgD.jpg:large)
Yaroslav Trofimov on Twitter: "Wagner releases a horrific, ISIS-style video of executing with a sledgehammer a former convict-turned mercenary who was taken POW by Ukrainians and presumably returned to Russia in a
![I saw dad being executed with a hammer like an animal by Putin's thugs in horror vid - words can't describe how I felt | The Sun I saw dad being executed with a hammer like an animal by Putin's thugs in horror vid - words can't describe how I felt | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/image-098598c062.jpg?w=620)
I saw dad being executed with a hammer like an animal by Putin's thugs in horror vid - words can't describe how I felt | The Sun
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Family 'horrified' by video of sledgehammer killing of Wagner Group defector | Russia | The Guardian
![Sledgehammer execution of Russian mercenary who defected to Ukraine shown in video | Al Arabiya English Sledgehammer execution of Russian mercenary who defected to Ukraine shown in video | Al Arabiya English](https://vid.alarabiya.net/images/2022/11/07/bf92e5e6-460d-4afd-8f64-110d784265ab/bf92e5e6-460d-4afd-8f64-110d784265ab.jpg?crop=4:3&width=1200)
Sledgehammer execution of Russian mercenary who defected to Ukraine shown in video | Al Arabiya English
![Video posted in Russia shows convict being executed with sledgehammer for surrendering to Armed Forces of Ukraine | Ukrainska Pravda Video posted in Russia shows convict being executed with sledgehammer for surrendering to Armed Forces of Ukraine | Ukrainska Pravda](https://img.pravda.com/images/doc/0/a/0a297ea-nuzhyn.jpg)
Video posted in Russia shows convict being executed with sledgehammer for surrendering to Armed Forces of Ukraine | Ukrainska Pravda
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