BREAKING: Unconfirmed Reports of Wagner Group Personnel Aiding Coup in NigerBy Ward Clark
August 06, 2023
Breaking news on the crisis in Niger; a PMC Wagner (Russian-language site at link) source has stated:
A decision was made to deploy combat troops of the Wagner PMC in & around the capital of Niger, in light of current security situation & foreign threats.
PMC Wagner, also known as the Wagner Group, is a Russian state-funded military group controlled by Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, and technically operates outside Russian law, which prohibits private military groups.
PMC Wagner is also the group implicated in an aborted coup attempt in Russia last June, which led to the arrest of Russian General Sergei Surovikin. Earlier this year the U.S. government named PMC Wagner as a Transnational Criminal Organization.
https://twitter.com/IndoPac_Info/status/1687932208026382336As of the time of this writing, there are fragmented reports that the military junta now in control of Niger requested PMC Wagner’s assistance in keeping control of the country.
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Source:
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/08/06/breaking-unconfirmed-reports-of-wagner-group-personnel-aiding-coup-in-niger-n788451
