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.
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