Russia-Ukraine war: Nato seeing start of new Russian offensive already, says Stoltenberg
by Léonie Chao-Fong (now); Martin Belam and Samantha from World news | The Guardian on (#68T12)
As it happened: Nato secretary general said Putin sending thousands more troops and accepting big losses to pile pressure on Ukrainians
Reuters reports that an unverified video is being circulated on social media which appears to show the murder with a sledgehammer of a former Russian mercenary who fled the Wagner mercenary group while fighting in Ukraine, in a clip similar to that which showed the killing of Yevgeny Nuzhin in November last year.
In the video published by the Grey Zone Telegram channel, which is linked to Wagner, a man identifies himself as Dmitry Yakushchenko, 44. In the clip the agency reports that facing the camera in a seated position, Yakushchenko appears to recite his name and year of birth.
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