The occupiers are recruiting imprisoned Ukrainian citizens who were forcibly deported to Russia as mercenaries of the "Wagner" PMC.

Such cases are reported, in particular, in Krasnodar.

The United States, meanwhile, promises to use all available methods to pursue the private military campaign of Putin's friend Prigozhin to counter its destabilizing actions.

And a fugitive from Russia who crossed the Norwegian border a few days ago can contribute to this.

Who is it about and what information can he provide to the international investigation, says TSN.

A war criminal managed to cross the border between Norway and Russia.

He fled from his commanders hoping for asylum in Europe, promising to testify about one of the world's largest private armies.

"He was chased, fired upon, and dogged. The way he tells the story is like a

where you run at the last moment. He saw a light in a house on the other side, and he ran over there. And a woman came out. He told her he wanted to talk to the police. They called the police, who arrived quite quickly," said lawyer Brynjulf ​​Risnes.

, who went to war in Ukraine in July , says about himself

: "On July 6, 2022, I signed a contract and arrived in Ukraine. I was sent to the 7th assault squadron of the 4th platoon, where I was appointed commander of the 1st department".

From the words of the former commander of the "Wagneri", it seems that his problems did not start with killing Ukrainians.

And with the fact that his own command began to treat mercenaries like cannon fodder.

"In August, they started bringing prisoners from various prisons of the Russian Federation to serve in the army. In general, their attitude changed when the prisoners arrived. They stopped considering us as human beings," says the former "Wagner resident".

Currently, the fugitive

.

The Norwegian police detained him because they had a dispute with the Russian about how to secure him.

After all, Medvedev assures that he is being hunted by the leadership of PMK "Wagner" and the Russian special services, because he can testify about this private military campaign.

Norwegian reporter Oystein Bogen says that the people he talked to told him what it might be about.

"He has quite

, possibly also video evidence and written materials, documenting this extreme brutality taking place in the Wagner private military campaign. This could be the cornerstone of any future legal settlement after the war in Ukraine." - says the Norwegian reporter Oystein Bogen.

Meanwhile, the Norwegian authorities are taking care of the fugitive's case.

But in the West, they are sure that his testimony can be useful.

Because the private military campaign Oystein Bogen created by Yevgeny Prigozhin is dangerous.

"They are

. The fiercest battles are currently being fought around Bakhmut, and they are responsible for very serious acts of war against the civilian population," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.

The United States promises to use all available means to pursue PMK "Wagner".

They recognized the "Wagner" group as a transnational criminal organization and declassified intelligence data, according to which the "Wagners" bought anti-personnel missiles from North Korea in November.

And although the DPRK officially declared that it did not sell weapons to Russia, the United States promised not only to bring this issue to a meeting of the UN Security Council, but also to impose additional sanctions on the Wagner group so that no one in the world who does not want to spoil relations with the United States deal with Prigozhin.

Meanwhile, analysts note that due to the lack of success at the front, Prigozhin and his mercenaries began to have problems with Putin.

The Norwegian authorities do not disclose the details of cooperation with the fugitive Russian.

However, it is clear that the testimony about the war crimes of the Wagnerites, like any other Russian soldiers in Ukraine, will soon become part of an international tribunal.

Many countries of the world have already volunteered to help our country create this tribunal.

We will remind that the fugitive Andrii Medvedev was the commander of Yevgeny Nuzhin, a prisoner killed with a sledgehammer, from the "Wagner" PVK detachment.

Read the story of prisoner Nuzhin, who was executed in the Russian Federation after returning from Ukrainian captivity, at the link.

Earlier, Russian human rights defenders said that the "Wagners" executed at least 40 recruited prisoners.

According to their information, 10,000 of the 50,000 convicts recruited by the "Wagner" PMK remained at the front.

Read also:

• Half a year in the "Wagner" prison instead of 23 years in prison: after the murders of Ukrainians, the convict went on vacation to Turkey

• A confrontation between Putin and Prigozhin is emerging in the Kremlin - the head of Bellingcat

• "Putin seriously miscalculated with Prigozhin": the expert indicated a threat to the Kremlin

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