Netizens horrified over Yevgenny Nuzhin’s sledgehammer execution video
3 min readYevgenny Nuzhin, a Russian mercenary was executed with a blow to his head by a sledgehammer for defecting to Ukraine.
Here is everything you need to know.
Yevgenny Nuzhin was executed with a sledgehammer
Grey Zone, an outlet in Russia shared a graphical video of Yevgenny Nuzhin being bludgeoned to death for switching sides to Ukraine on their Telegram channel.
Nuzhin was a former prisoner of the Ryazan Penal Colony- 3.
Nevertheless, the video shows the 55-year-old being strapped to what appears to be a brick wall with clingfilm.
He can be heard stating, ‘I am Yevgeny Anatolievich Nuzhin, born in 1967, who went to the front to go to the side of Ukraine to fight against the Russians.’
So Wagner kills one of their own guys with a sledgehammer now? They are horrifically evil.
— Ben 🌻🍉 (@FreeUkraine91) November 13, 2022
Moreover, he says that on 4th September he planned to carry out his plan to switch to Ukraine to seek refuge from the country.
He continued to allege that on 11th November 2022, someone hit him in the head while he walking on the streets of Kyiv. He was kidnapped and brought to an unspecified location.
The man further admitted, ‘I woke up in this basement. Where I was told that I was going to be tried.’
Furthermore, an unidentified man in a combat uniform can be seen loitering behind the trapped man. He suddenly smashes a sledgehammer into the side of Nuzhin’s face and neck. He continues to hit him multiple times until the video goes dark.
Yevgeny Nuzhin was a Russian prison inmate who enlisted into the Wagner mercenary group to fight in Ukraine. After being captured by Ukrainians he expressed his desire to fight against Putin. He was exchanged and then executed with sledgehammer according to Wagner traditions. pic.twitter.com/prBgsddYGV
— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) November 13, 2022
Meanwhile, the post came along with a message that read, ‘Those who understand know that a sledgehammer and traitors have a close relationship.’
Besides that, many believe that the footage is linked with Wagner’s private military group. The organization was founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin who happens to be a close ally of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
Prigozhin described the video as, ‘It seems to me that this film should be called- a dog dies a dog’s death.’
Social media users react to the barbaric execution of Yevgenny Nuzhin
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Netizens took to social media to share their disdain over the horrific video. They further went on to dub the Wagner group a ‘terrorist’ for the barbaric way of killing a person.
A user wrote, ‘Unbearable that this country still is a member of the United Nation’s Security Council. And has a veto right there.’
Unbearable that this country still is member of the United Nation's Security Council and has a veto right there.
— @DocRJP@mastodon.social (@unzulaenglich) November 13, 2022
Moreover, someone else pointed out, ‘Wagner group should be classified as a terrorist group.’
Wagner group should be classified as a terriorist group.
— Linda Bills (@Bi35912376Bills) November 13, 2022
A different user noted, ‘No different from ISIS head cutting. Except for the lack of religious dimension.’
No different from ISIS headcutting. Except for the lack of religious dimension.
— Tarmo Amer (@TarmoAmer) November 13, 2022