INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
mercenary group confirmed on Monday in a rare statement.A mainly Tuareg separatist coalition claimed earlier on Sunday it took a major
July 22 to July 27 and resulted in a series of tactical victories followed by losses.According to Wagner, a group of Russian mercenaries
what we know about the incident:Heavy fightingLarge-scale fighting broke out Thursday between the army and its Russian allies and
after the army announced it had retaken control of several districts, AFP reported."Our forces decisively obliterated these enemy columns on
Saturday," said a statement by Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, a spokesman for CSP-PSD."A large amount of equipment and weapons were seized or
damaged" and prisoners taken, he added.Deceased administrator of the Telegram channel Grey Zone Nikita Fedyanin.Social mediaAccording to
rebels, seven separatist fighters were killed and 12 wounded in the fighting in the Tinzaouatene district.Wagner claimed that the rebels
the weekend showed several bodies, who are believed to be killed Wagner and Malian personnel lying on the ground and white soldiers among
the prisoners.Mercenaries' lossesThe mercenary group did not say how many of its fighters were believed to have been killed, and reports on
the death toll have been conflicting.Russian Telegram channels closed to Wagner said that 20 mercenary fighters were killed and five were
taken hostage.The BBC Russian Service cited a source who previously served with Wagner as saying that at least 82 mercenary fighters had
been killed in the attack.A local official and a former worker with the UN mission in Mali told AFP the Malian army had retreated with at
least 15 fighters from Wagner killed or arrested.The Al-Qaeda-linked group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) in a statement
claimed they had attacked the Malian army convoy and Wagner allies and said it killed 50 Russians and 10 Malians, AFP reported, adding that
it could not verify the claims
Tuareg rebels denied the group's involvement and accused it of trying to steal the separatists' spotlight.The Russian state-run TASS news
questioned the command structures on the ground.Among the African countries where Africa Corps planned to station its troops were Burkina
Faso, Libya, Mali, the Central African Republic and Niger, the Vedomosti business daily reported in December, citing unidentified
sources.Reports that Wagner had resumed recruitment in Africa also emerged in April
joint investigation.t.me/shot_shotAt the time, the investigative report identified Mali as the key destination for the new recruits.Mali has
been unsettled by violence by jihadist and criminal groups since 2012.A junta led by Colonel Assimi Goita took power in 2022 and broke the
country's traditional alliance with France, in favor of Russia.According to experts, the fighting in Mali represents one of the heaviest
2018, where Wagner mercenaries are believed to have lost dozens of fighters.Russian officials have not yet commented on the
incident.Ukrainian military intelligence spokesperson Andriy Yusov claimed Monday that Ukraine allegedly helped rebels with information
about the battle in Mali and the reported heavy losses, journalist Denis Korotkov from the Dossier Center, who has been investigating Wagner
currently in charge of commanding and planning military actions on the ground, Korotkov said.According to John Lechner, an independent
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