An al-Qaeda-affiliated group ambushed and killed Wagner Group mercenaries in central Mali, according to a statement from the group cited by the.

At least six Russian mercenaries were killed in an attack by an al-Qaida-linked group in central Mali, according to a statement by the extremists on its media platform.

Russian mercenaries suffered another significant loss in Mali. On Thursday, at least seven of them were killed in a clash with the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM). This information was provided on Friday by the American intelligence institution,