Ex-Wagner commander Andrei Medvedev and Russian army soldier Konstantin Yefremov have spoken of their war experiences.
didn't independently confirm Yefremov's allegations of torture, but said they matched other claims of abuse of Ukrainian prisoners. Torture of prisoners is a breach of the Geneva Convention.
He said he witnessed two people who didn't want to fight being shot in front of prisoners who had just been recruited for Wagner. He told Reuters that he wanted to reveal his wartime experiences so"the perpetrators are punished" for their crimes in Ukraine, such as Prigozhin.
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