Tuareg rebels in northern Mali stated they killed and wounded dozens of troopers and mercenaries from Wagner’s group throughout two days of combating close to the Algerian border. The Rebels from the Motion (CSP-PSD), i.e. the Everlasting Strategic Framework for Peace, Safety and Growth, stated on Saturday that the Wagnerites had seized armored automobiles and vans and tanks.
On Thursday and Friday, the insurgents have been additionally alleged to hit the Mi-24 helicopter, which crashed within the city of Kidal. The Malian military stated in its official assertion, in accordance with Reuters, that solely two troopers have been killed and 10 have been injured. In response to her, nobody died within the helicopter crash. However Russian army bloggers reported on Sunday that at the very least twenty Wagnerians had been killed.
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“Wagner PMC (Group) staff who have been in convoy with authorities troops have been killed in Mali… Some have been captured,” stated distinguished Russian army blogger Semjon Pegov, who goes by the identify Warfare Gonzo. Russian information channel Baza Telegram, which has ties to Russian safety constructions, reported that at the very least twenty fighters of the Wagner group have been killed. Nevertheless, it’s not potential to instantly confirm bloggers’ reviews.
BREAKING:
An alliance of Tuareg rebels and JNIM (al-Qaida) has killed round 80 Russian Wagner mercenary troopers in an assault in northern Mali, close to the border with Algeria.
The Russians misplaced a number of MRAP armored automobiles & an Mi-24 helicopter.
The brand new head of Wagner killed pic.twitter.com/2F5kpwtOUF
— Visegrad 24 (@visegrad24)
July 28, 2024
In response to the Astra telegram channel, the losses are even higher. The account estimates that the Tuareg killed about 80 Russian mercenaries. The Malian junta regime unit was additionally stated to have misplaced round 17 to 50 fighters. Anton Jelizarov is alleged to be amongst these killed. This soldier with the decision signal “Lotus” led the assaults on Soledar and Bakhmut in Ukraine in 2023. The administrator of the “Gray Zone” telegram channel, Nikita Fedyanin, with the decision signal “White” was alleged to be killed together with him.
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The Wagners are the personal army firm of businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died final August after a non-public aircraft crashed throughout a visit from Moscow to St. Petersburg. The Wagner household additionally performed a big function throughout among the most brutal battles of the Russian warfare in Ukraine, for instance they have been concerned in Bakhmut. Nevertheless, the mercenaries of Wagner’s group have additionally been lively in Africa for a very long time, the place they combat alongside the official Malian military towards Ilsamist rebels. In response to the Russian server Baza, the Wagner household has been in Mali since at the very least 2021.
In Mali, native fighters defeated a giant assault group of the Russian Navy Contingent “Wagner” that attempted to assault one of many cities they managed.
Through the battle, the mercenaries misplaced a number of MRAP armored automobiles and a Mi-24 helicopter pic.twitter.com/p8ZD8kI4kI— TOGA (@TOGAjano21)
July 27, 2024
The army junta, which has held energy since a coup in 2021, says the Wagners are serving to authorities troops with coaching and gear purchased from Russia.