The deserter is Wagner PMC fighter Pavel Nikolin, who is serving time for theft and robbery, according to social networks.
Russian security forces detained a deserter who opened fire on police officers in the suburb of Novoshakhtinsk in the Rostov region the previous day and wounded one of the officers. This was announced by the Governor of the region Vasily Golubev on Telegram on Wednesday, December 7.
“The offender was detained. As a result of well-coordinated operational-search actions, he was found in an empty building near Novoshakhtinsk. Investigative actions are underway,” the report said.
In this regard, the Baza Telegram channel reported that PMC Wagner fighter Pavel Nikolin, serving time for theft and robbery in Ufa IK-4, became a deserter.
“From there, he was recruited into PMC Wagner. On November 24, Nikolin changed his mind about fighting and fled. Yesterday he was noticed near the plant in Novoshakhtinsk – Nikolin attacked the police and fired at them with a Kalashnikov machine gun. The man wounded an employee in the pelvis, and then disappeared. Searched for about a day, and was found in an abandoned piggery. During the arrest, Nikolin tried to resist, “said the report.
Earlier in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation there was a shooting on the territory of a military unit. According to unofficial data, 22 people died and 16 were injured. Two of the three shooters were killed by return fire, one escaped.
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