Russian mercenaries plan to send 'bloodied' sledgehammer to EU

Wagner boss sent bloody hammer to EU — and gets handcuffs back

The head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigoshin, has sent the EU Parliament a sledgehammer in a violin case. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia countered the action.

Russian mercenaries plan to send 'bloodied' sledgehammer to EU

Sledgehammers have become an unofficial symbol of the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group as its fighters have used them to kill in overseas missions.

Wagner mercenaries send bloody hammer to EU

Yevgeny Prigoshin used to be considered “Putin's chef” and founded the violent “Wagner Group.” This private mercenary force is said to have executed a renegade soldier in Ukraine with a sledgehammer a week ago. Now that the EU Parliament has decided to add Russia to the list of terrorist states, Prigoshin has published a tasteless video on his Telegram channel: It shows a representative of the Wagner Group holding a violin case with a sledgehamm…