Tuareg rebels raise Ukrainian flag after crushing Wagner mercenaries in Mali – photos

The photo shows the insurgents holding their own flag and the flag of Ukraine.

The journalists suggest that the photo shows Tuareg’s support for Ukraine, which has been hunting Wagner mercenaries across the African continent.

A representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Andriy Yusov, said earlier that “the rebels received the necessary information, which allowed them to conduct a successful military operation against Russian war criminals.”

The defeat of Wagner mercenaries in Mali

According to BBC sources, between 20 and 50 Russian soldiers could have been killed in a clash near the town of Tin Zaouatine on the Malian-Algerian border. One of the former Wagner PMC soldiers said that at least 82 mercenaries were killed.

Tuareg inflicted serious losses on soldiers of the Russian African Corps, consisting mostly of Wagner PMC mercenaries, near the village of Tin Zaouatine, Reuters reported on July 27, citing Malian rebels.

The Wagner PMC justified their defeat by a sandstorm that caught the Russians after the cleansing operation near Tin Zaouatine. The rebels ambushed the Russians there and launched a counterattack, taking advantage of the weather conditions. Numerous videos of Wagner’s troops captured and killed in the desert were posted online.