"Wagner" KHK detachment was attacked in Mali: 12 prisoners, 53 victims
In Mali, militants attacked a detachment of the Russian private military company "Wagner". The fighting lasted for 5 days and the last report said three people were resisting, the statement said. Sources reported that 12 prisoners of war were captured and 53 were killed. In particular, it was said that Prigozhin's deputy, Anton Elizarov, who headed the Communist Party after his death, was also captured.
In Mali, a large number of mercenaries were killed and some of them were captured as a result of the attack by the militants on the military unit of the Russian private military company "Wagner". This was stated in the group's statement published on the Razgruzka Wagnera telegram channel.
It is noted that five days of violent clashes began on July 22 near Tin Zautin. In the attack against the soldiers of the Coordination Movement of Azawad (SMA) and the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Sahel (JNIM) FAMa (Mali Armed Forces) and the fighters of the 13th assault squadron of Wagner, led by the commander Sergei Shevchenko (nicknamed Prud, who died in battle). one militant participated.
According to the statement, at first Shevchenko's group was able to successfully resist the enemy's attack, it retreated after suffering serious losses. However, in the conditions of a sandstorm, the militants managed to regroup and increase their number. They have also intensified mass attacks on IDF positions using heavy weapons, drones and suicide bombers. This resulted in the loss of Wagner and FAMa soldiers.
"The last radiogram from the Wagner group came at 17:10 on July 27: "There are three of us left, we are continuing the fight," the group sent a message. The Wagner group did not give the exact number of dead, but the publication "Eni Shafaq" reported that 53 mercenaries were killed. , informed that 12 people were captured.
Also, it was reported that Anton Elizarov, the founder and former head of the "Wagner" KHK, the deputy of Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in the plane crash, and the leader of the KHK, was captured, but was quickly released later. This post has not been verified.
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