Alexei Nagin was reportedly killed by a Ukrainian strike on September 20.
A senior commander in Russia’s Wagner Group, a private military contractor close to the Kremlin, has reportedly been killed in Ukraine by Kyiv’s troops.
Alexei Nagin, 41, was killed near Bakhmut in Ukraine’s Donetsk province on September 20, according to WhereisRussiaToday, a website that tracks the Russian military.
Wagner mercenaries have played an increasing role in Ukraine over the past few months, after regular Russian units suffered severe casualties.
Nagin previously fought with Russian or Wagner forces in Chechnya, Georgia, Syria and Libya, according to WhereisRussiaToday. It added he had recently been taking part in a Russian documentary film about the Wagner Group, titled « The Best in Hell. »
Wagner, which has provided mercenaries to back authoritarian regimes in Mali and the Central African Republic, is closely tied to the Russian state, according to Samuel Ramani, associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute think tank in London.
