Heavy fighting broke out in northern Mali in late July, with anti-government fighters reporting they destroyed an entire column of the Malian army and Russian mercenaries.
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Heavy fighting broke out in northern Mali in late July, with anti-government fighters reporting that they destroyed the entire column of the Malian army and Russian mercenaries.
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.
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