Russian cannibal and his ‘meat grinder’ killer friend who minced the bodies of two women and fed them to his dogs grin as they join forces on the front line in Ukraine after Putin freed them from prison

Two of the nastiest criminals Vladimir Putin released to fight for him in Ukraine – a cannibal and a murderer who dismembered his victims – joined forces on the front lines.

Evil Dmitry Malyshev, 36, had been jailed after frying the heart of one of the three men he killed, seasoning it with spices and cooking it with vegetables before eating.

Sickening rapist and murderer Alexander Maslennikov, 38, used an ax and a meat grinder to cut up and mince the bodies of two women he invited to his flat for pizza before ‘feeding human flesh to the dogs’ ‘.

The pair were among hundreds of thousands of prisoners released to fight for a special Defense Ministry Storm V unit against Ukraine, and were pictured grinning together in military gear after being released from prison by the dictator.

Putin calls his fighters in Ukraine Russia’s ‘new elite’. Yet their crimes reveal the bestiality among his forces invading Ukraine.

Dmitry Malyshev (left) and Alexander Maslennikov (right) were pictured grinning together in military gear after being released from prison by the dictator

Olga Shaposhnikova was murdered by Alexander Maslennikov

Daria Labutina was murdered by Alexander Maslennikov

Olga Shaposhnikova (left) and Daria Labutina (right) were murdered by Alexander Maslennikov

Sickening rapist and murderer Alexander Maslennikov, 38, used an ax and a meat grinder to dismember and mince the bodies of two women he invited to his flat

Sickening rapist and murderer Alexander Maslennikov, 38, used an ax and a meat grinder to dismember and mince the bodies of two women he invited to his flat

Malyshev had been sentenced to 25 years in prison for 'murdering two people with particular cruelty' and eating the heart of the last victim', a Tajik immigrant

Malyshev had been sentenced to 25 years in prison for ‘murdering two people with particular cruelty’ and eating the heart of the last victim’, a Tajik immigrant

Malyshev had been sentenced to 25 years in prison for ‘murder of two people with particular cruelty as part of a criminal gang, banditry, theft and illegal trafficking of arms and ammunition, preparation for the murder of police officers, theft and eating the heart of the last victim’, a Tajik immigrant.

He and Maslennikov wanted to “preserve Russia’s traditional values” in the fight for Putin, he said, according to V1 media.

‘Alexander and I served a sentence together and we both signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense in October 2023. We serve in Storm V.”

In his confession, Malyshev – pardoned and released by the Russian dictator seventeen years earlier – told police about his cannibalism: ‘I overtook a man there and killed him.

“I hit him in the head several times with a nail gun and cut out his heart,” he said, adding that he took the heart home with him.

In a crime reconstruction, he said, “I reached in and pulled out the heart… I cut it right here, the heart is on the table…

Footage taken during the investigation shows Malyshev discussing how he killed a man and ate his heart

Footage taken during the investigation shows Malyshev discussing how he killed a man and ate his heart

Alexander Maslennikov (left), now 38, a convicted multiple rapist who was jailed for up to 23 years after torturing, murdering and dismembering two women he invited to his flat for pizza

Alexander Maslennikov (left), now 38, a convicted multiple rapist who was jailed for up to 23 years after torturing, murdering and dismembering two women he invited to his flat for pizza

Maslennikov, a convicted rapist, was sentenced to 23 years in prison for double murder, but was released by Putin 18.5 years earlier

Maslennikov, a convicted rapist, was sentenced to 23 years in prison for double murder, but was released by Putin 18.5 years earlier

“I just cut it. Then I put it in a frying pan and started frying it… Then I ate it.

‘Well, well, well, we fry human meat. Here we have a heart.’

He said he “added the onions and the spices… Now I’m going to stir it in.” It will be great.’

Maslennikov, a convicted rapist, was jailed for 23 years for double murder, but was released by Putin 18.5 years earlier.

He murdered two female sales assistants Daria Labutina, 29, and Olga Shaposhnikova, 28, after meeting the pair at a karaoke bar and inviting them to his flat for pizza.

He testified that he had sex with Daria and then killed her in the bathroom.

Dmitry Malyshev, now 36, is a convicted multiple murderer who was jailed for up to 25 years after cutting out, cooking and eating his friend's heart

Dmitry Malyshev, now 36, is a convicted multiple murderer who was jailed for up to 25 years after cutting out, cooking and eating his friend’s heart

Maslennikov, a convicted rapist and murderer, is pictured being put into a police van

Maslennikov, a convicted rapist and murderer, is pictured being put into a police van

Then he went for a businesslike pizza and smoke with Olga, who initially did not know that her friend had been murdered.

After she refused to have sex with him, he tied her up and gagged her, smoking and drinking next to her as she begged in vain for her life.

Forensic evidence showed that Olga died of strangulation. Maslennikov stabbed her repeatedly after her death.

He then went to buy an axe, file, shovel and plastic garbage bags.

Malyshev is currently in the military hospital with a broken jaw and shrapnel wounds

Malyshev is currently in the military hospital with a broken jaw and shrapnel wounds

Malyshev said he and Maslennikov wanted to

Malyshev said he and Maslennikov wanted to “preserve Russia’s traditional values” in the fight for Putin, he said, according to V1 media

Prosecutors told the court that both women’s DNA was found on a meat grinder in his kitchen.

Local reports citing law enforcement said he fed some meat to dogs.

He chopped up the corpses with an ax and took them to a forest area where he dug a grave, breaking the shovel in the process.

One of the women had been cut into twenty pieces.

Malyshev is currently in the military hospital with a broken jaw and shrapnel wounds.