INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
mercenary group confirmed on Monday in a rare statement.A mainly Tuareg separatist coalition claimed earlier on Sunday it took a major
from July 22 to July 27 and resulted in a series of tactical victories followed by losses.According to Wagner, a group of Russian
battles resulted in one of the largest losses suffered by Russian mercenaries in overseas operations, excluding their involvement in
Tinzaouatene, 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
footage circulated on social media over 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
experts 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
