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Two Wagner fighters shot dead in Russia's Voronezh for refusal to join rebellion
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- 18 July, 2023
- 06:42
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Two Wagner fighters have been shot dead in Russia's Voronezh for the refusal to take part in the armed rebellion of June 24.
Report informs via Gazeta.ru that the investigators managed to identify the suspect and on July 17, the law enforcement officers detained 25-year-old Kyrgyzstan native Yaroslav Shekhovtsov. During the interrogation, the man said that he himself is a Wagner fighter and admitted that the two men were killed on June 24 for the refusal to take part in the rebellion.
A preventive measure will be taken against Shekhovtsov shortly. His victims are yet to be identified.
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