Renowned PMC Wagner Group member ‘Vakha’ killed
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“A favorite of Russian propagandists, a mercenary of PMC Wagner, Vladimir Andanov, with the call sign ‘Vakha,’ who was of Buryat origin, has been officially denazified and demilitarized,” the Ukrainian army command statement said.
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Andanov came to the Donbas as a volunteer back in 2014. He took part in the battles for Debaltseve and was involved in the shooting of Ukrainian military prisoners in Lohvynove.
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The invader is included in the Myrotvorets database, which lists all his suspected crimes.
As of June 6, the Russian occupation military had lost about 31,250 troops in Ukraine.
