Bakhmut: The humbling of the Valkyries in C Major, Part II. Chapter X of Ukraine: The Burning of the Phoenix Series.

A former member of the private militia escaped to Norway seeking asylum. He is under tight security over fears for his life. Norwegian authorities say they have detained a Russian man who may have illegally entered the country seeking asylum on January 13. The individual in question, Andrey Medvedev, is a former member of Russia's notorious Wagner Group, a private militia active in Ukraine as well as in Africa and Syria.


Andrey Medvedev, 26, crossed the border into Norway last Friday, where he was detained by border guards. He is currently being held in the Oslo area where he faces charges of illegal entry to Norway, his lawyer Brynjulf Risnes told the BBC. Tarjei Sirma-Tellefsen, police chief of staff in the Norwegian region of Finnmark, said a man had been detained by a border patrol and said he had applied for asylum.


Medvedev is a former soldier in the Russian army. He later served time in prison between 2017 and 2018, before joining the Wagner Group. He was placed in charge of a Wagner division in Ukraine, where the mercenary group supplied him with around 30-40 troops every week. Mr Medvedev said he fled Ukraine in November after being informed that the group intended to extend his contract indefinitely. It is believed Mr Medvedev had taken some evidence of war crimes with him to Norway and that he intends to share his information with groups investigating war crimes in the coming weeks.


The UK's Ministry of Defense officials believe the Wagner Group makes up about 10% of Russia's forces in Ukraine, and played a significant part in helping Moscow's forces take the town of Soledar in eastern Donbas region last week. Briefly arrested upon his arrival in Norway and then released, Medvedev has or will soon be questioned by both Norwegian immigration authorities and the criminal police (Kripos), which is taking part in an international inquiry into war crimes in Ukraine. Medvedev's Norwegian lawyer, Brynjulf Risnes, told AFP his client was "willing to speak about his experiences in the Wagner Group to people who are investigating war crimes".

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Bakhmut: The humbling of the Valkyries in C Major, Part II

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