The military junta that seized power in Niger turned to Wagner PMC for military assistance, said journalist and senior researcher at the Soufan Center Wassim Nasr, citing three sources in Mali and an interlocutor from among French diplomats. The Associated Press writes about this. Details . One of the leaders of the coup in Niger, Salif Modi, during a visit to neighboring Mali, met with a representative of Wagner and conveyed an appeal, Nasr said.

Russian military personnel began to be sent to the “Storm Z” unit on the front line for offenses, a mobilized man fighting in the Kherson direction told the Agency. He also transmitted a video message from the fighters of his brigade, in which they spoke about this practice. The “Agency” confirmed the identity of the person who reported sending fighters to “Storm Z”, but cannot verify all the facts he provided. Details .

On Friday night, a Ukrainian surface drone exploded next to the Sig tanker, which at that time was approaching the Kerch Strait . The tanker is included in the US sanctions list for supplying fuel to the Russian military in Syria. Details . According to Rosmorrechflot, the attack occurred on Friday at 23:20 . The ship received a hole in the engine room area, but remained afloat. on the tanker's crew There are 11 people , none of them were injured.