The U.S. on Thursday said Russian mercenary force Wagner Group may be working through Mali and other countries to hide its efforts to acquire military equipment for use in Ukraine, and accused it of supplying a Sudanese paramilitary with surface-to-air missiles.
WASHINGTON: The United States slapped sanctions Thursday on the head of Russia’s Wagner private military group in Mali, which the group is allegedly using as a conduit for arms for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The US Treasury said Ivan Aleksandrovich Maslov works closely with Malian officials to build Wagner’s presence in Mali and elsewhere in Africa.
mark knopfler who wrote private dancer for tina turner fondly remembers the singer who died on wednesday. it s seven am in singapore and seven pm in washington where us officials say the russian wagner group mercenaries may be working through other countries to acquire military equipment for use in ukraine. the us treasury said in a statement it has imposed sanctions on wagner s chief in mali ivan aleksandrovich maslov. central to this is the battle for the eastern city of bakhmut, in ukraine. mercenaries have been fighting on behalf of russia there a battle that s taken on a symbolic significance. now, they say they re