About 200 attacking troops were killed in the strikes, many of them Russian mercenaries. Warning: this explainer contains graphic content Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin finances Wagner Group which has deployed mercenaries to Ukraine, Syria and across Africa. Credit:AdvertisementWhat is Wagner Group? It’s also the call sign of the group’s unconfirmed leader, Dmitry Utkin, a former Russian military intelligence lieutenant, Wagner fan and suspected neo-Nazi. “Russia says – and has said when we’ve sent them allegation letters [over Wagner] human rights violations – that mercenaries aren’t permitted under Russian law, so they can’t be doing that.” Wagner Group fighters in Syria.

Source: Libya Today October 08, 2022 18:04 UTC