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| Bodies of Russian soldiers killed in Mali returned to their homeland |
| 2024-10-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The bodies of Russians killed in a battle with Islamists in Mali in the summer have been returned to their homeland as a result of a military operation. This was reported on October 9 by the head of the Commonwealth of Officers for International Security (COIS) Alexander Ivanov. He said that the operation was launched on the night of September 30 by representatives of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) and Russian allies. The fighters did their duty and returned the bodies of their comrades who died in July in an unequal battle with the Tuaregs. “This was an important and responsible mission that absolutely had to be completed, and I am proud of my colleagues that they did [it],” Ivanov told TASS. The dead soldiers will be buried with honors, he added. As reported by the Regnum news agency, from July 22 to 27, Wagner PMC fighters and Malian military personnel fought fierce battles with militants in the area of the settlement of Tin-Zoutine in the north of the country. The Russians and their Malian allies suffered losses after falling into an ambush set up by Tuareg separatists from the Coordination Movement of Azawad (CMA) and the jihadist group Al-Qaeda in the Sahel (JNIM, a terrorist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation). Related: Mali: 2024-10-09 FBI has arrested an Afghan national who they say was plotting an ISIS inspired terror attack on Election Day Mali: 2024-10-09 Combating 'Malign Foreign Influence' Mali: 2024-10-08 3 bandits killed as soldiers raid hideout, rescue 7 in Kaduna - Daily Trust |
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