Among them, prisoners with military experience are more likely to be reused, and some people are promoted to commanders of some companies. News disclosed by foreign media shows that some time ago, Sevarnev's son participated in a special military operation and was killed in Ukrai

During the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, a large number of Russian prisoners were summoned to the army and charged in the area of ​​Donbas. Among them, prisoners with military experience are more likely to be reused, and some people are promoted to commanders of some companies. This is how Sevarnev, a prisoner from a prison in Kaluka, became the company commander, but in the end he could not escape the fate of death.

News disclosed by foreign media shows that some time ago, Sevarnev's son participated in a special military operation and was killed in Ukraine. After receiving the news, Sevarnev decided to enlist in and go to Ukraine to avenge his son. He was assigned to a military unit of Luhansk . Later, the company commander of the unit was killed. Sevarnev was promoted to the new company commander because he had experience in fighting in Chechnya .

Last month, the Russian army suffered consecutive defeats in Donbas, and Sevarnev's troops were also defeated and retreated, with heavy losses. He was injured and hospitalized, and more and more soldiers defected under him. Seeing that the situation was not good, Sevarnev realized that he would be executed as a scapegoat, so he contacted his wife in advance and gave his last words.

A few days later, Russian military personnel told her that Sevarnev was really dead, and that his body and related documents would be sent home in a short time. The military personnel also revealed that Sevarnev had shrapnel injuries on the head and also had signs of severe blows. Russian human rights organizations and foreign media suspected that Sevarniev was executed by a sledgehammer, but the specific situation will not be verified until the family receives the body. The term "sledgehammer execution" has once again pushed the Wagner Mercenary Group to the forefront of public opinion.

Soon, Prigozin, the boss of Wagner Mercenary Group, came forward to respond. He denied the allegations of "execution" Sevarnev on social platforms. He said that this person is not a member of the Wagner Mercenary Group and has not participated in the group's training. Therefore, foreign media speculated that Sevarnev might be participating in other organizations.

Russian human rights organizations and foreign media thought of the "sledgehammer execution" and the Wagner Mercenary Group at the first time, which may be related to the video of "lynching and eliminating traitors" last month. The deceased in the video is said to be former mercenary Yevgeny Nuzin, who died of a sledgehammer smashing his head. After the video was exposed, international public opinion was in full swing, but Russia and Ukraine each had their own opinions on the truth of this matter.

Ukraine generally believes that Nujin, who surrendered to Ukraine, was regarded as a traitor by the Wagner Mercenary Group, so the group members kidnapped him from Kiev , then executed a sledgehammer, and filmed related videos to kill the chicken to warn the monkey. Prigozin's answer to such allegations is vague, but Moscow did not admit it. Kerber spokesman Peskov also said that it was not their business.

Russia-Ukraine conflict was delayed from February to December, and the two sides participated in the war had fierce confrontation, causing a large number of casualties during this period. How to quickly expand the source of troops has become the top priority for the Russian army. Although Russia has completed the mobilization of 300,000 troops, affected by multiple factors such as domestic public opinion and defense pressure, only tens of thousands of new recruits can be sent to the Ukrainian battlefield.

Against this background, prisoners imprisoned across Russia have become the target of recruiters. They gave many generous conditions when lobbying prisoners to participate in the war, such as commutation of sentences. Some even had the opportunity to regain freedom as long as they went to Ukraine for a few months.

This group of prisoners usually have serious crimes and have no way out, so many people are willing to go to Ukraine to take a gamble, but some special prisoners inexplicably went to the battlefield and even died because of this. For example, 23-year-old Zambia international student Nirenda.

He was imprisoned for crimes while attending university in Moscow. He was supposed to be in prison for at least 9 years, but he died bizarrely on the front line of Ukraine in mid-last month, which triggered a series of diplomatic issues. Zambia's foreign minister was surprised by the death of his overseas student and asked the Russian side to explain how he ran to Ukraine.

This time Prigozin directly admitted that Nirenda was indeed recruited by Wagner Mercenary Group.Prigozin insisted that he had spoken with Nirenda that the international student took the risk of joining the war voluntarily, doing so in order to "thank the Russian Federation for helping Africans achieve independence." But Nirenda is dead, and the relevant dialogue cannot be verified, and Zambia should not be able to do anything about it.

Russian troops used prisoners to participate in the war in large quantities, originally for emergency response, but at the same time it also aggravated the chaotic military management problem and caused various controversial events. If the commander does not take it seriously, the Russian army will not only suffer losses on the battlefield, but will also be more passive in public opinion.