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2024-07-30 Africa North
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A detailed analysis of what happened July 22-27 in Mali
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Text taken from the Telegram channel of razgruzka_vagnera
[ColonelCassad] Official from Wagner on the battle in northern Mali near the border with Algeria.
A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF WHAT HAPPENED ON JULY 22-27 IN MALI
Seven days ago, fighters of the 13th Assault Detachment of the Wagner PMC, led by commander Sergei Shevchenko, call sign "Pond", together with servicemen of the Malian Armed Forces FAM, entered into an unequal battle with superior forces of Islamists from the Coordination Movement of Azawad (CMA) and al-Qaeda in the Sahel (JNIM) (banned in Russia), and for several days heroically fought the militants, not sparing their own lives. More details on how it happened.
BEGINNING OF THE OPERATION: RECONNAISSANCE AND SEARCH FOR RADICALS
On July 22, 2024, the allied forces of the Wagner PMC and the Malian army received information that large detachments of radicals from the CMA had appeared in the Tin-Zoutine area. The 13th Assault Detachment under the command of Sergei Shevchenko, call sign "Pond", was sent to search for and eliminate the militants.
Upon arrival, the fighters of the "Pruda group" and FAMa confirmed the intelligence information, having discovered a large concentration of CMA forces: detachments of militants, totaling about 100 people, as well as more than 10 pickups with large-caliber weapons. Based on this, the "Orchestra" command decided to attack the Islamists.
In the battle, the 13th Assault Detachment of the Wagner PMC destroyed up to 50 radicals and six units of equipment. The remnants of the militants were unable to resist the orchestra members and fled the battlefield.
COUNTERATTACK OF THE ISLAMISTS AND THE FORTITUDE OF THE "MUSICIANS"
From July 22 to 25, the "orchestra" fighters continued to search for radicals in the conditions of a sandstorm despite everything. Realizing that the Islamists would not stop there, the leadership of the Wagner PMC decided to transfer additional forces to the area. Taking advantage of the delay, the militants tried to counterattack using all available means. The attack on the "musicians" was coordinated by field commander Abda-Rahman Zaza, who led the JNIM units that arrived to help the Islamists.
Thanks to the skillful and competent actions of the 13th Assault Unit, the radicals were unable to carry out their plans. But in turn, the Wagner PMC fighters suffered their first losses: several stormtroopers were wounded in combat, including the commander of the "Prud" unit.
Despite the sandstorm, fierce resistance from the militants and ambushes on the escape routes, additional forces of the "musicians" continued to move to help their brothers. They fought their way through and hurried to help their comrades.
Meanwhile, the personnel of the "Prud group" and FAM took up all-round defense and steadfastly repelled the attacks of the superior forces of the CMA and JNIM: their number exceeded more than 1,000 people. The detachment's fighters continued to fight, and the radicals did not slow down the pace of the attack and tried to suppress the "musicians" with a huge number of fighters.
Despite the dust storm, the crews of the MI-8 and MI-24 helicopters of the Wagner PMC decided to move to help their comrades. One combat vehicle was shot down by oncoming fire from militants, but the crew of the second helicopter, despite the death of the commander and the injuries sustained by the co-pilot and flight engineer, completed the mission and returned to base, making an emergency landing.
THE LAST DAYS OF THE BATTLE
Understanding the complexity of the situation and the likelihood of complete encirclement, the commander of the orchestra, Sergei Shevchenko, call sign "Prud", decided to move in the direction of the moving reserves on the night of July 26-27. By this time, he had already been wounded twice and was in serious condition, but he led the detachment under intensified attacks by the Islamists.
Closer to four o'clock on July 27, the detachment reported losses among the "Orchestra" fighters and FAMa soldiers. In addition, the commander of the 13th Assault Squad, Sergei Shevchenko, call sign "Prud", who continued to stand to the end despite everything, also fell in battle
. At 17:10 on July 27, the last radiogram was received from our brothers: "There are three left, we continue to fight." It was sent by the commander of the assault platoon, call sign "Nike".
All the Wagner PMC fighters who died in battle will be awarded (posthumously).
More from Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
Text taken from the Telegram channel of @departamente.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
What is Russia doing in Mali?
WHY RUSSIA NEEDS MALI
The latest activity and interest in Russian instructors from the Wagner PMC and the African Corps raises a reasonable question: "What are we forgetting in Mali?"
▪️The answer to this question is not a secret - resources that can be obtained not from Western companies, but from friendly regimes. The most important of them is lithium.
In addition, there are some oil and gas reserves in the Taoudenni basin, which, due to their high cost, were not extracted by anyone, and now they are under the control of the Islamist DNIM and the separatists of Azawad. I partially touched on this topic when FAMa staged ( https://t.me/departamente/3727 ) a raid in In-Afarak.
As far as I understand, the only reason why they did not move north is the interests of the Khalija monarchs, who are exploring oil and gas fields under the cover of reporters. Violating relations with them at the moment is not profitable.
Lithium is mainly used by Western companies, but given the trend towards anti-colonialist rhetoric, their positions are weakening and may well be taken by domestic companies. Its importance lies in its use in electronics, which is still a source of dependence.
But the best way to strengthen friendship is to help defeat all the rebels and Islamists in the region. This increases the population's trust and the leadership is more willing to make agreements. The main thing is to maintain image.
Unpleasant losses in the border zone, of course, will not stop the strategy of taking control of the border with Algeria, as well as all major settlements in northern Mali. The night events with the "Wagners" only showed that the enemy should not be underestimated and it can be expected that in future operations such threats of ambushes will be treated much more seriously; according to a number of channels, additional contingents from other countries have already been transferred to Mali.
Regarding the captured Wagners, negotiations are underway with the militants to exchange both the prisoners and the bodies of the dead fighters, so that they can be buried with dignity. The losses amounted to about a platoon of ours + an unspecified number of Malian army soldiers + several units of wheeled vehicles.
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The bodies of the dead Wagner Group fighters, as well as those captured during the clash with the Tuaregs, must be returned to Russia. This was stated on July 29 by Dmitry Rogozin, a member of the Federation Council from the Zaporizhia region.
“We must do everything possible to rescue our living guys from captivity at the hands of these Basmachi and to take back the bodies of the dead Wagner heroes,” the senator wrote on his Telegram channel.
Rogozin also called on all the dead fighters of the group to be buried with honor, and for the living to be returned to their homeland and accepted as heroes.
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Wagner Group Confirms Fighters Killed in Fierce Clash with Tuaregs in Mali
The Wagner Group commented on the situation in Mali, where PMC fighters and the Malian armed forces were ambushed by Tuaregs. The statement was published in the Telegram channel "Wagner Unloading".
It is noted that from July 22 to 27, servicemen of the Malian Armed Forces and fighters of the 13th assault detachment of the PMC in the vicinity of the settlement of Tin-Zoutine "conducted fierce battles with militants from the Coordination Movement of Azawad (CMA) and the group Al-Qaeda in the Sahel (JNIM, a terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation)."
On the first day, the group destroyed most of the radicals and put the rest to flight, but a sandstorm set in, which allowed the terrorists to regroup and increase their numbers to a thousand people, the PMC specified.
They added that in connection with this, the command decided to transfer additional forces to the combat zone.
It was reported that Malian troops were carrying out massive strikes on a bastion of concentration of terrorists and smugglers. Five terrorist targets were successfully destroyed by drones of the Armed Forces of Mali, the General Staff noted.
Civilians living in the area where military operations are taking place were called upon to leave the territories where terrorists are located in order to avoid casualties.
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