Tinzaouaten, Mali (bordering Algeria). The Russian Wagner Group has suffered significant losses on the battlefield in Mali, the military company acknowledged, following days of conflicting reports about what happened during fighting with rebels on the Algerian border. The group said its 13th Assault Brigade, which is fighting ethnic Tuareg alongside Malian forces, suffered losses during “fierce battles” with the rebels. The Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security and Development (CSP-PSD), a coalition of Tuareg rebels, took responsibility for the attack, saying it wounded and killed dozens of Malian soldiers and Wagner mercenaries near the northeastern town of Tinzaouaten. At least eighty Russian Wagner soldiers were killed, several vehicles were destroyed or captured, and a Wagner helicopter was also shot down.
