Jailed Russian cop Sergei Kadatsky selected to fight in Ukraine killed while fighting for Putin

A policeman jailed in Russia was selected to fight in the war in Ukraine for his ‘marksman skills’ – after he ambushed and gunned down his ex-wife in a moving car.

Sergei Kadatsky, 41, has now been killed in the war fighting for Putin, whose regional chief in annexed Luhansk awarded him a posthumous ‘bravery medal’.

The case highlights the Kremlin’s depravity in freeing vicious murderers from jail and sending them into battle.

In 2017, Kadatsky shot dead his former spouse Yulia, 36, and grievously wounded her father Vladimir Svitsov, then 57.

Sergei Kadatsky, 41, has now been killed in the war fighting for Putin, whose regional chief in annexed Luhansk awarded him a posthumous 'bravery medal'. The case highlights the Kremlin's depravity in freeing vicious murderers from jail and sending them into battle

Sergei Kadatsky, 41, has now been killed in the war fighting for Putin, whose regional chief in annexed Luhansk awarded him a posthumous ‘bravery medal’. The case highlights the Kremlin’s depravity in freeing vicious murderers from jail and sending them into battle

In 2017, Kadatsky shot dead his former spouse Yulia (pictured), 36. The murderer was fired from the police in disgrace, but he was then recruited to fight for Putin

Kadatsky also grievously wounded Yulia's father Vladimir Svitsov (pictured), then 57 in the ambush

Kadatsky had carefully planned the hit on the Rostov-Taganrog highway in southern Russia, and used a hunting rifle with special optical sights. After the vehicle stopped, Kadatsky fired a traumatic pistol at his victims. His ex-wife died on the spot and his former father-in-law needed his left arm amputated, and later his shoulder

The murderer was fired from the police in disgrace, but this did not stop him being recruited to fight for Putin.

Kadatsky had carefully planned the hit on the Rostov-Taganrog highway in southern Russia, and used a hunting rifle with special optical sights.

After the car came to a halt, Kadatsky fired a traumatic pistol at his victims.

His ex-wife died on the spot and his former father-in-law needed his left arm amputated, and later his shoulder.

Kadatsky shot Yulia - a law firm employee and mother of a boy, 15 - after losing a custody battle when they split. He claimed he killed her in a 'crime of passion', but a court ruled it has been a cold-blooded murder and jailed him for 15 years

Kadatsky shot Yulia – a law firm employee and mother of a boy, 15 – after losing a custody battle when they split. He claimed he killed her in a ‘crime of passion’, but a court ruled it has been a cold-blooded murder and jailed him for 15 years

Kadatsky was freed to fight for the Wagner Group, a private army run by close Putin crony Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has become a billionaire from his close links to the Kremlin president. The mercenary force was seeking jail inmates with proven shooting skills, said reports

Kadatsky was freed to fight for the Wagner Group, a private army run by close Putin crony Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has become a billionaire from his close links to the Kremlin president. The mercenary force was seeking jail inmates with proven shooting skills, said reports

He shot Yulia – a law firm employee and mother of a boy, 15 – after losing a custody battle when they split.

Kadatsky claimed he killed her in a ‘crime of passion’, but a court ruled it has been a cold-blooded murder and jailed him for 15 years.

He was freed to fight for the Wagner Group, a private army run by close Putin crony Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has become a billionaire from his close links to the Kremlin president.

The mercenary force was seeking jail inmates with proven shooting skills, said reports.

Head of Putin’s annexed territory in Luhansk, Leonid Pasechnik, said Kadatsky had died a ‘heroic death on the battlefield’.

No further details were given.

Up to 35,000 prison inmates have been freed to fight for Putin - possibly the biggest mass release of inmates in history. Among them are believed to be hundreds of murderers like Kadatsky

Up to 35,000 prison inmates have been freed to fight for Putin – possibly the biggest mass release of inmates in history. Among them are believed to be hundreds of murderers like Kadatsky

Up to 35,000 prison inmates have been freed to fight for Putin – possibly the biggest mass release of inmates in history.

Among them are believed to be hundreds of murderers like Kadatsky.

Those who survive for six months have their remaining sentences wiped clean by Putin.

The case follows the release of another ex-cop Vadim Tekhov, 33, who had stabbed his wife Regina Gagieva, 22, to death in a frenzied knife attack.

She died of 15 kitchen knife wounds, and he, too, was fired from the police in disgrace and jailed, in his case for 16 years.

There was an outcry in Russia after the brutal stabbing of his wife was caught on a security camera.

Yet, like Kadatsky, Tekhov was sent to fight in the war.

The Tekhov case came to light because he was rearrested over alleged drugs offences.

Tekhov reportedly fought in a special regiment for former law enforcement officers sentenced to jail.

source: dailymail.co.uk