Russia's Wagner mercenary group has said that it had suffered severe losses, including a commander, during battles with separatist forces in northeast Mali last week.
Russia's Wagner mercenary group has said that it had suffered severe losses, including a commander, during battles with separatist forces in northeast Mali last week.
From July 22 to 27, the Malian armed forces and fighters from Wagner's 13th Assault Squad"fought fierce battles" against a coalition of Tuareg separatist forces and jihadist militants, according to a statement fromAccording to the statement,"fighters of the 13th Assault Detachment of the Wagner PMC, led by commander Sergei Shevchenko, call sign 'Pond', together with servicemen of the Malian Armed Forces FAM, entered into an unequal battle with superior forces of...
Wagner then launched an attack, destroying"up to 50 radicals and six units of equipment. The remnants of the militants were unable to resist" Wagnerites and"fled the battlefield". The commander of the 13th Assault Squad, Sergei"Prud" Shevchenko, was killed in action, it added, and his group's final message was:"There are three of us left. We are continuing to fight."
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