Russia's most powerful mercenary on May 25 said he was sending back the body of a U.S. citizen who was killed in fighting in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and that of a Turkish citizen who was found dead in a destroyed building. Mercenaries from Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group were shown in a video clip nailing closed the two wooden coffins and then draping a U.S. flag over one coffin and a Turkish flag over the other. Wagner named the American as Nicholas Maimer, a former U.S. Special Forces soldier. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
Russian Mercenaries Send Back Bodies Of U.S., Turkish Citizens From Ukraine
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin (file photo)