Source: Russians pay homage to Wagner fighters killed in Mali | Reuters
In the shadow of the Kremlin, more than 70 Russians paid homage on Sunday to Wagner fighters killed in a major battle with Mali rebels and Islamist fighters, one of the mercenary group’s most deadly defeats in Africa.
The Wagner mercenary group said last month its fighters and Malian soldiers had taken losses in heavy fighting against Tuareg rebels and Islamist fighters from an al Qaeda affiliate near Mali’s border with Algeria.
Mali’s northern Tuareg rebels said they had killed at least 84 Russian Wagner mercenaries and 47 Malian soldiers during days of fierce fighting in late July.
In Moscow, just a few hundred metres from the Kremlin, dozens of Russians came to mourn the fallen Wagner fighters, a Reuters journalist said.
One man, dressed in military clothing and wearing Wagner badges, kneeled before pictures of the group’s fighters killed in Mali.
周日，在克里姆林宫的阴影下，70 多名俄罗斯人向在与马里叛乱分子和伊斯兰武装分子一场重大战斗中阵亡的瓦格纳战士致敬，这是该雇佣军组织在非洲最惨重的失败之一。 瓦格纳雇佣军组织上个月表示，其战士和马里士兵在马里与阿尔及利亚边境附近与图阿雷格叛乱分子和来自基地组织附属组织的伊斯兰武装分子激烈战斗中遭受损失。 马里北部图阿雷格叛军表示，他们在 7 月下旬的几天激烈战斗中杀死了至少 84 名俄罗斯瓦格纳雇佣兵和 47 名马里士兵。 路透社记者称，在距克里姆林宫仅数百米的莫斯科，数十名俄罗斯人前来哀悼阵亡的瓦格纳战士。 一名身穿军装、佩戴瓦格纳徽章的男子跪在该组织战士在马里被杀的照片前。
