Other MoA event in Mali on Thu 25th July 2024

The Wagner Group issued a statement on the situation in Mali:

The fighters of the 13th assault detachment of the group fought fierce battles with militants in the vicinity of the village of Tin Zautin, near the border with Algeria, from July 22 to 27. The squad was led by Sergei Shevchenko, whose call sign is Prud (lit. - pond). On the first day, his group destroyed most of the Islamists and put the rest to flight, but the radicals were able to regroup and increase their numbers to a thousand people due to a sandstorm. On July 25, the radicals attacked the Wagner fighters again. The attack attempt was repulsed, but the militants increased the number of massive attacks over the next two days, causeing losses in Wagner's ranks, the statement said. On July 27, the last radio message was received from the Wagner fighters: "There are three of us left, we continue to fight." The commander of the detachment, Sergei Shevchenko, died in battle.