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Humanitarian workers. Witnesses of Wagner's crimes on the African continent. Raising awareness on PMC violence in Ukraine, Africa and the Middle East.
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🧵 1/4 After its June 13, 2025 defeat in Kidal, #Mali, the #AfricaCorps faces major setbacks. #Niger and #BurkinaFaso now seek renewed U.S. support as losses expose the Corps’ declining strength and vulnerability to rebel and JNIM tactics, its worst blow since Tinzaouaten in 2024.
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📄𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 by @ninawilen.bsky.social & Sofie Rose
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social

"From the Donbas to Africa: How Returning Fighters Could Fuel a New Mercenary Wave"

#RussiaUkraineWar #DDR #SecurityPolicy #Mercenaries #PMC #WagnerGroup #AfricaSecurity

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December 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🇰🇪 #Kenya has repatriated 18 citizens recruited in Russia and sent to fight in #Ukraine. Over 200 Kenyans may have been deceived via fake jobs or scholarships, trained briefly, and deployed. Nairobi shut 600+ agencies and seeks release of Kenyan POWs. @theins.press
December 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🇱🇾 AFRICOM and CIA are tracking Russian personnel and heavy equipment, possibly S-300/S-400, arriving in Haftar-held eastern and central #Libya. The move signals a Syria drawdown, boosts #AfricaCorps reach, and strengthens Moscow’s leverage in the Med and Sahel.
December 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🇲🇱 No surprise : New name and same methods by #AfricaCorps making #Russia directly accountable as terror spreads and communities are devastated across northern #Mali. Dozens of civilians fleeing testify to the @apnews.com.

apnews.com/article/mali...
As Russia's Africa Corps fights in Mali, witnesses describe atrocities from beheadings to rapes
The Associated Press has spoken to over 30 refugees from Mali who say they witnessed beheadings, rapes and other abuses committed by Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia's direct command.
apnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🇦🇿 #Azerbaijan toughens its stance on paramilitary networks : ex - #Wagner fighter Ismayil Hasanov, recruited via "Project-K", gets 3.5 years for mercenary activity in #Ukraine, while Ramil Aliyev is also prosecuted. A move asserting Baku’s security autonomy and setting a regional precedent.
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🇷🇺 #Russia is now selling physical gold from its Central Bank reserves, about 2 330 tonnes, no longer relying solely on its wealth fund, whose gold fell 57% in three years (405→173 t). These sales of #Wagner 's gold ease short-term budget pressure but speed up long-term reserve depletion.
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🇫🇮 #Finland has sent back the ex-Wagner fighter who crossed the border in June claiming he fled the war. His #Wagner past, photos, boasts, videos, was easy to trace. Flagged as a security risk, his asylum bid was fast-tracked for removal. Now he’s back in Russia as probes continue.
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🇲🇱 In #Mali, brutal torture, executions and widespread abuses of #Wagner and #AfricaCorps forcing thousands to flee and leaving survivors traumatised : eyewitnesses for
@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Russia's Wagner group accused of killing civilians in cold-blood in Mali
Refugees have given the BBC a harrowing account of atrocities committed by the Russian paramilitary force.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🧵 1/5 Omerta on a paedophilia scandal within #Wagner

In Oct 2025, a Wagner supporter, posing as a 14-year-old girl under the pseudo Vyaliy666 on Odnoklassniki, engaged a Wagner fighter using the alias "ЕВГЕНИЙ НЕТ", after noticing his comments on minors’ photos.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
An extensive @bellingcat.com report details the trajectory of Vladislav Romanov, a former Russian opposition figure who joined the neo-Nazi paramilitary group #Rusich, linked to #Wagner.
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🧵1/4 Suspicious Russian flight & #Wagner presence in #Venezuela 🇷🇺✈️

On Oct 26, a Russian IL-76 cargo plane, same type used by Wagner, landed in Caracas after a complex route via Africa. It stayed ~45h before flying to Cuba, fueling claims of Russian-Venezuelan military cooperation.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🇲🇱#Mali : A fuel convoy from Côte d’Ivoire to Bamako escorted by... the Africa Corps or Wagner? Are the #Wagner flags really just residual traces?
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🧵1/4 Young Syrians Trapped by "Russian Women": Online Hybrid Propaganda.

On #Syrian social media, stories circulate of young Syrians/Iraqis lured by fake "Russian women" promising marriage & citizenship, only to be forced to fight in #Ukraine. Some reportedly died.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🧵1/3 The London Case : Wagner’s Shadow Over #Europe

A UK court sentenced six men for an arson attack allegedly ordered by #Wagner against a London warehouse supplying aid to #Ukraine. Sentences range from 8–23 years. Proof that Wagner’s hybrid warfare now reaches deep into Europe.
October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🧵1/3 Birao, symbol of #Wagner impunity in #CAR.

On Sept 16 2025, Wagner mercenaries killed 4-5 Sudanese herders near Birao, sparking reprisals and mass flight toward Ndélé & Amdafock. Government calm video hides the truth : Birao shows Wagner’s rule, extortion, looting, rape, murder.
October 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
🧵 1/3 Humanitarian worker Joseph Figueira Martin, arrested by #Wagner, remains detained in #Bangui. He faces a possible life sentence despite no credible evidence. An absurd and unimaginable injustice. The European Parliament demands his "immediate and unconditional release" by #CAR authorities.
October 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🧵 1/4 After its June 13, 2025 defeat in Kidal, #Mali, the #AfricaCorps faces major setbacks. #Niger and #BurkinaFaso now seek renewed U.S. support as losses expose the Corps’ declining strength and vulnerability to rebel and JNIM tactics, its worst blow since Tinzaouaten in 2024.
October 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
🇰🇪 The case of Mikhail Lyapin in #Kenya highlights risks of fraudulent foreign ( #Russia ) job schemes and exploitation of African recruits.
Kenya Arrests Russian Diplomat for Recruiting Mercenaries for Putin’s War
Kenyan police arrested Russian diplomat Mikhail Lyapin and a local aide believed to have been recruiting men as mercenaries to fight for Moscow in Ukraine.

Kick all russia's diplomats out...

www.kyivpost.com/post/61087
Kenya Arrests Russian Diplomat for Recruiting Mercenaries for Putin’s War
Kenyan police arrested Russian diplomat Mikhail Lyapin and a local aide believed to have been recruiting men as mercenaries to fight for Moscow in Ukraine.
www.kyivpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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🇨🇺❗️🇺🇦 Up to 5,000 Cubans are currently fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine.

⚔️ Zelensky also named China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and African states as additional sources of mercenaries fighting alongside Russia.

Read more 👀⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/foreign-recr...
October 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🧵1/6 From #Wagner to the #AfricaCorps, Russia’s GRU Unit 29155, infamous for poisonings and assassinations in Europe, is now steering Moscow’s shadow war in Africa. Led by sanctioned Gen. Andrey Averyanov, it fights a brutal, covert war without uniforms but with deadly consequences.
October 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🧵1/5 #Tatarstan, the #Kremlin ’s gateway to #Africa. Recruitment centers in Kazan lure candidates with 500 000₽ bonuses, travel reimbursements, and constant ads. Officially a "unique experience" and "equal partnership," it exploits workers sent to serve #Moscow ’s ambitions.
September 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧵1/3 #Wagner is accused of crossing from #CAR to attack villages near Um Dafuq, #Sudan. Sources (Daily Sudan Post, Sudan Tribune, #RadioDabanga) report 5+ civilians killed, some mutilated. Armed men in 4x4s fired randomly, fueling chaos along an arms-smuggling frontier.
September 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
#Mali : On Aug 20, 2025, the FLA struck #AfricaCorps HQ in #Aguelhok with a drone. Reports say 6 dead, 7 seriously wounded, vehicles damaged. Pro - #Wagner channel "White Uncles in Africa" skips casualties, focusing only on drone tech.
September 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🧵1/3 #Mali : JNIM launched coordinated attacks, seizing a FAMA base in Tiby, #Ségou. Soldiers reportedly fled, leaving militants in control. Burned PT-76 tanks and other vehicles were spotted. Questions raise about FAMA / #AfricaCorps relationship.
September 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🧵1/6 Extortion, torture, massacres : #Wagner deepened Mali’s insecurity, with crises like 150k refugees in Mbera camp. Weeks later, #AfricaCorps repeated the same : brutality vs civilians, pay-for-service, battlefield defeats. #Mali’ s security keeps deteriorating.
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM