Bodies of Wagner Group mercenaries killed in Mali returned to Russia
Photo: Yuri Kochetkov / EPA-EFE The bodies of 35 Wagner Group mercenaries who were killed in an ambush in Mali in July have been returned to Russia, state-owned news agency TASS reported on Tuesday. Announcing their return, Alexander Ivanov, the head of the Officers Union for International Security, an international association advocating for global peace and stability, said that the mercenaries would be buried with full military honours.