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The bodies of Wagner Group mercenaries killed in fighting in Mali this summer have been returned to Russia, the state-run TASS news agency
rebels near Mali's border with Algeria in July in what experts called one of the deadliest battles for Wagner in overseas operations."On the
30, 2024, the Malian armed forces and Russian allies moved out to retrieve the bodies of their fallen comrades, and today they fulfilled
their duty," Alexander Ivanov, the head of the Officer's Union for International Security, told TASS
"This was an important and demanding mission that had to be accomplished."Ivanov said the repatriated soldiers would be buried with honors
rebel movement called the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security and Development (CSP-PSD).Wagner did not say how many of its
fighters were killed in the July battle, but reports claimed that anywhere from 20 to 80 had been killed in the attack.From its founding in
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