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Russian Defense Officials 'Gloating' Over Wagner Group's Defeat in Mali—ISW
The deaths of Wagner Group troops in Mali during an ambush may be used by the Russian Defense Ministry as leverage to replace the mercenaries' presence in Africa. That assessment by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Institute for the Study of War ( …