Russian Deserter in Rambo-Style Attack Is Tied to Putin’s Private Army

Dec 7 2022 by The Daily Beast

 
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A suspected Russian deserter who brought the war against Ukraine to Russian soil on Tuesday by opening fire on cops with a machine gun was reportedly a prison inmate tossed onto the battlefield by the notorious Wagner Group.

Rostov Gov. Vasily Golubev confirmed on Telegram early Wednesday that the gunman had been apprehended, noting that he’d been found “in an empty building near Novoshakhtinsk” after sparking a panicked manhunt there.

The Russian outlet Baza, citing...

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