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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Giorgio Cafiero, Emily Milliken

Russians unlikely to leave Libya, despite Ukraine war

Renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, who remains powerful in eastern Libya, relies on Russia's Wagner paramilitary group for support [File: Esam Omran al-Fetori/Reuters]

Russia’s Wagner Group, a shadowy paramilitary organisation tied to the Kremlin, has played a significant role in Libya, supporting renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) in the country’s civil war.

Western observers had begun wondering in recent weeks whether Wagner forces would be withdrawing from Libya to instead focus on supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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