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The Latest Breaking News from Wagner

Ukrainian Soldiers Promise To Subject Russian Invaders To Living Hell

It is unclear where exactly in Ukraine the footage was filmed, but it was obtained from the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade.

Zenger

British Soldiers Training Fresh Ukrainian Recruits In UK Say They Are Very Motivated

British soldiers training fresh Ukrainian recruits in the United Kingdom have said that they are very motivated and a pleasure to work with in new footage obtained from the Ministry of Defense.

Zenger

Libya’s elites may unite, but elections still elusive

Libya has been divided by powerful elites for years, will a deal between commander Haftar and PM Dbeibah end that?

Al Jazeera

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Putin’s private army plugging gaps in Russia’s forces, says UK

The Ministry of Defence says the Wagner Group has played a ‘central role’ in recent battles in the Donbas

Evening Standard

Niger: the west’s bulwark against jihadis and Russian influence in Africa

The country is emerging as a critical ally in a neighbourhood of failing states

Financial Times

‘Children were hunted by armed men’: Malians seek safety in Mauritania

Thousands have exchanged fighting between government forces, jihadists and mercenaries linked to Russia, for the meagre security of border camps

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin sending prisoners to their deaths as ‘cannon fodder’ in Ukraine war

Russian criminals are reportedly being offered 200,000 roubles - just over £2,800 - and an amnesty if they travel to deadly frontline but they must survived six months to get their reward

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Russia’s Wagner group in Mali spurs refugee spike in Mauritania

Malians are fleeing to nearby Mauritania to escape from bandits, fighters, the army and now Russian operatives.

Al Jazeera

As Summit Host, Spain Urges NATO to Watch its Southern Flank

While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid, Spain and other member nations are quietly pushing the Western alliance to consider how mercenaries aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin are spreading Moscow's influence to Africa. As the host of the summit taking place…

Asharq Al-Awsat

As summit host, Spain urges NATO to watch its southern flank

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid

The Independent UK

Pro-Vladimir Putin private army in Ukraine war boasts it now has its own air force

The private pro-Vladimir Putin Wagner Group army has boasted it now has its own air force after two pilots were captured in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Libya's Bashagha says he supports removal of foreign fighters

Libya's parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha said on Wednesday his government supported removing all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya, guided by a committee set up to safeguard a ceasefire after the 2014-2020 conflict.

Reuters

Contract Lawsuit Can Proceed, Over Private School Disciplining Student for Alleged Racial Epithet Use

The plaintiff alleged that the Wardlaw-Hartridge School had failed to comply with its own procedural rules in the Student-Parent Handbook.

Reason

Commentary: To beat Russian influence in Africa, the West must offer something better

Russia’s growing engagement in Africa is gaining attention. The Wagner Group, a shady mercenary organization, is the centerpiece of this activity. Since 2015, it has become an important security player in at least a half-dozen countries across the continent. The Russian government denies any connection, but Wagner is widely believed…

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Homemade Missile Destroys Sitting-Duck Russian Armored Vehicle

This video purports to show a Ukrainian missile man scoring a direct hit on a sitting-duck Russian armored personnel carrier after it tried but failed to blend into a field.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Court Rejects Appeal by Alleged Financier of Wagner Group in Libya

A top EU court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Kremlin-linked oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, alleged financier of the Wagner mercenary group, to overturn sanctions imposed over the conflict in Libya. Prigozhin, 61, had challenged a 2020 decision to freeze his assets in the European Union and to place him on…

Radio France Internationale

EU court rejects alleged Wagner Group financer's appeal against Libya sanctions

A top EU court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Kremlin-linked oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, alleged financier of the Wagner mercenary group, to overturn sanctions imposed over the conflict in Libya.

Asharq Al-Awsat

HRW: Russia’s Wagner Group Set Landmines in Libya

The Wagner Group, a private Russian military security contractor, has used banned landmines and booby traps near Tripoli, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. “New information from Libyan agencies and demining groups links the Wagner Group to the use of banned landmines and booby traps in Libya in 2019-2020,”…

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Military group connected to Russian Government 'laid banned landmines in Libya'

Lama Fakih, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said the Wagner Group added to the “deadly legacy” of mines and booby traps scattered across Tripoli’s suburbs

Radio France Internationale

Report details civilian abuses and deaths quadrupled in last three months of 2021: UN

A United Nations report out on Monday noted a fourfold rise in civilian deaths and human rights abuses in late 2021 by all actors in the conflict, including jihadists, militias, self-defence groups, foreign military and Malian soldiers.

Al Jazeera

UN report links Mali army to rise in rights abuses

The report says civilian deaths, rights abuses attributable to the Malian military surged in the first quarter of 2022.

Salon

The shadowy world of Russian mercenaries

Putin has been using an unaccountable army with a history of human rights violations to pursue Russia's agenda

The Independent UK

UN experts: Libya's security threatened by foreign fighters

U.N. experts say in a new report that Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which they say has violated international law

The Guardian - UK

Russian mercenaries accused over use of mines and booby traps in Libya

Exclusive: UN investigators say Wagner Group fighters did not mark mines’ positions and may have rigged bomb to teddy bear

The Guardian - UK

Alleged Wagner Group fighters accused of murdering civilians in Ukraine

Belarusian pair are first international mercenaries to face war crimes charges since invasion began

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