A coalition of anti-government groups in northern Mali eliminated 84 mercenaries from the Russian PMC Wagner and 47 Malian soldiers during three days of fierce fighting in late July.
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A coalition of anti-government groups in northern Mali eliminated 84 mercenaries from the Russian PMC Wagner and 47 Malian soldiers during three days of fierce fighting in late July. These are the largest losses of the Wagner Group in all the years of its presence in Africa.
Anti-government fighters destroyed an entire column of the Malian army and Russian mercenaries
Tuareg-led separatists killed 84 Wagner fighters and 47 Malian soldiers in an attack in northern Mali
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