A Russian pro-war nationalist mercenary has actually died from a gunshot injury to the head in eastern Ukraine in what his family called an assassination, state media reported Wednesday.Igor Mangushev, 36, was hospitalized over the weekend after an apparent execution-style shooting at close range at a checkpoint in the Russian-occupied Luhansk area.
Citing his good friend Akim Apachev, the Russian state-run RIA Novosti news firm said Wednesday that Mangushev has actually succumbed to his gunshot wounds.Mangushevs associates amongst Russian pro-war correspondents and military bloggers said he died at 6 a.m.
Moscow time.His partner declares Mangushev was the victim of an execution, while buddies and associates criticized the absence of a correct examination into his shooting.Mangushev was described as a political strategist who had actually done disinformation work for Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhins media arm and co-founder of the Russian nationalist mercenary attire Enot.
Throughout the war in Ukraine, media outlets have actually described Mangushev as the commander of a pro-Russian Luhansk area unit and commander of the Russian armys anti-drone platoon.
He got prestige for a standup regimen last summer season in which he brandished what he claimed was the skull of a Ukrainian soldier.
The British defense ministry said in December that Wagner most likely threatens its fighters with summary execution for deserting or deviating from their assault routes.