Malian Rebels Offer to Hand Over Wagner Group Captured to Ukraine After Defeating Army and Their Russian Allies

The Tuareg rebels (CSP-PSD) in the north of the African country of Mali, who defeated dozens of soldiers of the country's army and their Russian allies and captured a large group of Wagner, have offered to hand them over to the Ukrainian side.

According to Ukrinform, this is stated in a post by a representative of the CSP-PSD on the social network X.

‘We, the armed forces of the CSP-DPA, want to express our solidarity with your fight against Russian criminals. We have captured a significant number of Wagner mercenaries and would like to hand over these prisoners to you as a sign of support and solidarity. This gesture is aimed at helping you in your struggle for justice and freedom,’ the statement said.

The group hopes that this step will help strengthen ‘our ties and our common victory’.

Earlier it became known that the rebels of the association of armed groups in the north of Mali, inhabited mainly by Tuareg, announced the destruction of dozens of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Mali and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner PMC as a result of a clash near the border with Algeria.

Following a military coup in May 2021, Mali has been ruled by a military junta that maintains close ties with Russia and uses the services of mercenaries from the Wagner PMC, which is controlled by the Russian special services and has also been involved in military operations in Ukraine.