Wagner Group

Germany’s foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), obtained intercepted radio communications, revealing that Russian soldiers and the Wagner Group were responsible for the Bucha mass killings.

The UK has reported that Russia has hired the Wagner Group to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following Putin’s stalled invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian Mercenaries of Wagner Group are the stars of a new film lauding their work in Mozambique. It seems more to us like an infomercial for Wagner than entertainment.

Western governments protest the government of Mali hiring Russian mercenaries under the guise of bringing in the Wagner Group which is accused of operating as a proxy for Moscow and Vladamir Putin.

Russia is trying to increase its influence across the continent. The French drawdown gives it a great opportunity to do so.

The main losers from such an outcome will be the Sahel countries themselves.

The scramble for Africa continues as Mali turns to the Russian Wagner Group after France’s decision to withdraw from the embattled region.

“It’s like in Harry Potter, where Voldemort is the name that is never said aloud. It’s a taboo subject,” a former Wagner Group mercenary told BBC.

Russia has become the primary player in C.A.R. as France falls to the sidelines.

As soon as the Russians began moving into the Central African Republic, the disinformation program against France began.

Macron does not have an easy road ahead in Africa. He has to stability in the continent while not stirring up anti-French sentiments.

Wagner mercenaries are portrayed as kind and generous while the film frequently takes digs at French and other Western advisors.