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Rachel Hagan

Vladimir Putin's mercenary 'the Executioner' killed after slaughtering civilians

One of Putin's most notorious mercenaries who also fought in Syria has been killed by a Ukrainian sniper, according to Russian sources.

Vladimir Andonov, 44, from the Buryatia region of Russia's Far East, was part of the infamous Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries and is believed to have been shot dead in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine.

Andonov won himself the moniker "The Executioner" because of the brutal warmongering tactics he has used while fighting in Ukraine and in previous missions in Syria and Libya.

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