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Architect of Wagner Group arson attack to pay victims more than £160,000

Dylan Earl was jailed for 17 years for his leading role in the attack on premises in east London.

Evening Standard · Oct 2

Mali army and Russian fighters accused of killing dozens of civilians

Mali’s armed forces and Russian Wagner Group personnel committed war crimes including killings and torture of civilians during joint operations between 2023 and 2025, Amnesty International has said in a new report documenting abuses across several regions of the country.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 30

Unprecedented images show how Russia is using drones from the war in Ukraine in Africa

Russian mercenaries from the Africa Corps, which has replaced the well-known Wagner Group in providing support to the Malian army, are deploying new combat drones in Mali. Frequently found on the frontlines in Ukraine, these drones are now entering the Sahel region – an environment for which they were not…

France 24 · Jul 2

Arsonists jailed for 'terror' attack on east London warehouse on behalf of Putin's Russia

Dylan Earl orchestrated the arson attack after getting instructions from agents of Putin’s Russia

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Wagner Group stooges jailed for Russian state ‘sabotage campaign’ on UK warehouse

The warehouse was targeted by the terrorist Wagner Group because it was being used to supply humanitarian aid and StarLink satellite equipment to Ukraine

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

Wagner Group stooges jailed for warehouse arson in planned ‘sabotage campaign’

The warehouse was targeted because it was being used to supply humanitarian aid and StarLink satellite equipment to Ukraine.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Warehouse terror attack organiser was ‘easy meat’ for Wagner Group, court told

Dylan Earl, from Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire, was working under the instruction of the proscribed Wagner Group, the Old Bailey was told.

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025

Wagner Russian paramilitary group's troubled legacy in Mali revealed

A new report has cast a harsh light on the Wagner Group's three years in Mali, showing how the Russian mercenary group was a source of instability rather than a solution to the country’s security woes.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 29, 2025

Malian army and Wagner Group abduct and execute Fulani civilians, NGO claims

Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-backed Wagner Group have committed dozens of summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men since January 2025, according to a report by the NGO Human Rights Watch.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 23, 2025

Revealed: How Moscow’s Wagner Group recruited young British men online to plot London arson attack

Intelligence historian Trevor Barnes reveals Moscow’s sabotage playbook in the UK disclosed by the Wagner Group arson trial

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025