#Russia #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: #Wagner PMC-affiliated "RSOTM" released a video of the attack of #Russian Forces on #Ukrainian Troops.

The unit used 9P163-series launcher with 9M133F 'Kornet' Thermobaric anti-tank guided missile.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1541753332003475456

#Russia #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: A new photo posted by #Russian PMC channel recently.

The photo shows a quite uncommon modern UKROP UAR-10M sniper rifle, seemingly captured by #Wagner from #Ukrainian Troops.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1599073446561910784

#Russia / #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: Combatants of the Far-right "Rusich Group" (affiliated with the #Wagner PMC) released a new photo from UA.

The photo shows a sniper unit of the group; which operates an #Austrian Steyr SSG 04 and a #Russian ORSIS T-5000 sniper rifles.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1645431468544479232

#Russia / #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: #Russian PMC #Wagner launched a heavy strike on #Ukrainian Positions located in the #Bakhmut (#Бахмут).

The group seemingly fired large quantity of 9M22S/9M28S rockets with 9N510 incendiary warheads.
The warheads contain "ML-5" magnesium alloys.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1654961231281762305

#Russia / #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: DShRG "Rusich" (part of #Wagner PMC) released a new photo and stated that the unit still repels the attacks of #Ukrainian Forces on the frontline.

The recent photo displays a 43x30mm GM-94 pump-action grenade launcher and an AK-12 (Gen 1) assault rifle.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1672613861373931521

🇺🇸🇲🇱 US sanctions three Malian officials over alleged ties to Wagner Group

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three Malian officials, including the minister of defense, over accusations they facilitated the deployment and expansion of the Russian Wagner Group's activities.

The U.S. Treasury Department said it imposed sanctions on Mali's Minister of Defense, Sadio Camara, who it said made several trips to Russia in 2021 to solidify an agreement between the Wagner Group and the Malian transition government to deploy the mercenary force.

Monday's sanctions also target Mali’s Chief of Staff of the Air Force Alou Boi Diarra and Malian Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff Adama Bagayoko, the department said.

Both Russia and Mali have said Russian fighters in the African nation are not mercenaries but trainers helping local troops fight a decade-long insurgency by Islamist militants.

#USA #Mali #Wagner

@africaintel

🇳🇪 Prigozhin interview about situation in Niger

PMC Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin gave comments regarding the situation in Niger for the African edition of l'Afrique Libre. Here are some excerpts from his interview:

▪️Economics is the main reason for the coup and anti-French sentiment in Niger, as the population is in poverty and France exploited their resource abundance.

▪️France only gave 5% of all profits from the resources in Niger to the people of the country.

▪️The people of Niger, if they controlled the resources themselves, would be rich and happy.

▪️The terrorists in Sahel region were created, financed and controlled by the UN, France, UK, USA, EU and other Western countries, as only a huge number of trained troops could control such a large number of "terrorists".

▪️The terrorists in Niger are an attempt to cover up France's economic crimes. The population in Niger was kept in fear with the help of militants. To fight the "terrorists" Niger was literally forced to be pumped full of troops from France, the US, etc.

▪️ Toppled president Bazoum's government allowed France to rampage in Niger. He and other higher officials were just covering up the plundering of the country.

▪️Now there is a "liberation struggle for the independence of the country," and "God willing, they will succeed," added the head of PMC Wagner.

#Wagner #Niger

@africaintel

#Russia / #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: Combatants of #Russian Forces / #Wagner released a video of a captured machine gun from #Ukrainian Troops.

The machine gun is an apparent .50 BMG (12.7x99mm) Canik M2 QCB —originally produced and supplied by #Turkey (#Türkiye) 🇹🇷.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1687245926832750594

⚡️🇷🇺🌍Exclusive: Wagner's rotation in Africa and dialogue with the Russian government

Our sources told us interesting facts regarding the negotiations between Wagner PMC and Russian government that involve Africa and Wagner's presence there.

Apparently, just the day before the plane, on which PMC's boss Yevgeny Prigozhin allegedly was traveling to Moscow, crashed, an agreement was reached with one of the security agencies of the Russian Federation.

This agreement was made to separate Russian Ministry of Defense and Wagner, so to make them focus on different directions and tasks in the interests of the Russian Federation and make sure they don't overlap each other, in order to prevent another conflict and "mutiny".

Wagner was supposed to partially return to Ukraine and even more intensify its activities on the African continent.

So Russian idea was to increase the presence of the PMC in Africa and, following the idea of separation of tasks between Wagner and the Ministry of Defense, make the group one of the main Russian military actors on the continent.

#Wagner #Russia #Africa

@africaintel

⚡️🇷🇺🌍 Exclusive: Regarding the Russian delegation in Western Libya and its role to decrease the influence of Wagner in Africa

We received new additional bits of information about the conflict between Wagner and Russian government and the involvement of Africa in it. Previously we've told about the separation in tasks between Wagner PMC and Russian Ministry of Defense.

As we've found out, the story is not that simple. Yesterday we published news about the visit of the delegation from the Russian Ministry of Defense, headed by Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Yunus-bek Yevkurov, to Western Libya where Khalifa Haftar forces are present (which, by the way, used the services of Prigozhin). Previously this delegation visited Syria.

Negotiations were not only about the cooperation and fighting terrorism together. As it turns out, Yunus-bek Yevkurov held meetings with the leadership of these countries and insisted on the winding down of all Wagner's supporting business projects and withdrawal of PMC's contingents. The most important part was that the decision had to be made independently by the governments of Syria and Western Libya to deflect negativity from the Russian leadership.

So on the one hand, Russian government tried to negotiate with the Wagner PMC and make it focus primarily on Africa. And on the other hand, the Ministry of Defense tried to persuade Libya to decrease the presence of Wagner's forces.

#Wagner #Russia #Africa

@africaintel