Mali’s northern Tuareg rebels said they had killed and injured dozens of soldiers and Wagner mercenaries in two days of fighting near the Algerian border, after the army said it had lost two soldiers but killed some 20 rebels.
The rebel movement, the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security and Development (CSP-PSD), said in a statement on Saturday that it had seized armoured vehicles, trucks and tankers in the fighting at the border town of Tinzaouaten on Thursday and Friday.
Al-Qaeda in Sahel (JNIM) claims responsibility for the attack on Russian Africa Corps convoy, killing 50 Russians and 10 Mali army soldiers. A photoset of a few corpses for evidence is included
https://x.com/SaladinAlDronni/status/1817317126522450279
If this JNIM claim is true, this ambush is the single largest loss for Russian forces in Mali. Russian propaganda is interesting. If they win a battle, it is credited to the Russian Africa Corps. If the Russians lose, it’s blamed on Wagner (PMC). Either way, the Russians suck.
https://x.com/lhsingapura/status/1817435778663989388
See as well: A rebel coalition in Mali reportedly killed and wounded dozens of Russian servicemen and Wagner Group mercenaries as well as a prominent Wagner-affiliated milblogger on the Mali-Algeria border on July 27
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4042550/posts?page=6812#6812 and https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4042550/posts?page=6813#6813