Russian mercenary, Igor Mangushev, passed away after being shot in the head at a checkpoint in the Luhansk region of Ukraine.
His friends reported that he had been targeted in an assassination attempt.
Sources differ in their portrayal of Mangushev.
While BBC News describes Mangushev as a notorious army captain and mercenary, The Moscow Times refers to him as a Russian pro-war nationalist mercenary.
Igor Mangushev, a Russian mercenary, died in hospital after being shot at a checkpoint in the Luhansk region of Ukraine.
While BBC News describes Mangushev as a notorious Russian army captain, his friends suggested that he had been executed.
Meanwhile, The Moscow Times refers to him as a pro-war nationalist mercenary.
Mangushev was known to have commanded an anti-drone unit in occupied Luhansk and co-founded a mercenary group fighting Ukrainian forces in 2014.
In a video posted on social media in August, Mangushev held a man's skull and claimed it was that of a Ukrainian fighter killed in Mariupol.