Mali: French military images bury Russian “mercenary” bodies

The French military has used a drone to bury the bodies of Russian “mercenaries” near the Kochi base in northern Mali. According to him, the plot was aimed at accusing the French of leaving a mass grave behind. In this video, French civil servants describe what they call an “information attack” and access to the AFP, where Caucasian soldiers can be seen wrapping themselves around sand-covered corpses.

Meanwhile, Thea Diara, who calls herself an “ex-soldier” and a “Malian patriot”, posted pictures of the mass grave on her Twitter account, including a photo of pale corpses buried in the sand. By a video. The comment in the first post was: “This is what the French left when they left the site in Kochi (…), and we can not remain silent about it!” “According to French public servants, Thea Deora’s account is a fake account created by the Russian private military company Wagner.

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“It simply came to our notice then. The French military says it represents a number of intelligence attacks carried out by French soldiers over the months, and considers it “possible to compare photos posted on Twitter with images collected by special censorship.”

Yet according to the French military this “testifies to the methods of action carried out by Wagner’s mercenaries, who have been observed and condemned by many international organizations and voluntary organizations since they were recruited in (his) Central African Republic”. As part of its withdrawal from Mali, it was announced last February. The French military on Tuesday officially handed over the keys to the Gossie base to the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA).It housed 300 French soldiers.