A military helicopter that was transporting Russian private military contractors has crashed near al-Jufra Air Base in Libya’s central region, Brig. Gen. Abdul Hadi Dara, a spokesman for the Government of National Accord (GNA) Sirte-Jufra Operations Room, claimed on September 23.
The helicopter, which was also carrying weapons, allegedly crashed near the town of Sawknah, to the southwest of al-Jufra. Several explosions were heard in the region.
Brig. Gen. Dara told the Turkish Anadolu Agency that at least four PMCs of the Wagner Group has lost their lives in the helicopter crash.
“The helicopter was on its way to one of the oil fields used by Russian mercenaries as an operations room,” the spokesman said.
Russian PMCs have been reportedly supporting the Libyan National Army (LNA) operations against GNA forces for more than a year now.
Brig. Gen. Dara’s claims were dismissed by a Telegram channels affiliated with Russian PMCs. The channel said no personnel were killed in the helicopter accident.
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According to a recent report by the Pentagon’s Inspector General, around 3,000 PMCs of the so-called Wagner Group are present in Libya along with 2,000 affiliated Syrian PMCs.
GNA forces on the other side are relying a strike force of Turkish-backed Syrian militants. The total number of militants is reportedly between 5,000 and 18,000, hundreds of whom are minors.
Kremlin says there is no Wagner PMCs in Libya. so let them die in silence:)))
Seems SOHR is making Disney stories in Lybia too…
no story, just killing silently those who are “not” there:)))
CIAisis…
Sure.
whoever, as long as the foreigners that claim not to be there die:)))
As many americunts had die in the same or even worst ways taking in consideration how this job works, PMCs/contractors are one of the most toughest and dangerous jobs out there, people who do this know the consequences and the risk.
Many U.S contractors had died around the world but we don’t see it on the news, in this case the point of it it’s to politicize it, the difference here is that Wagner has a propose.
80,000+ CIAisis contractors dead…
is Wagner gonna put a ring on your finger?
Contactors / Mercenaries are scum and deserve to be killed on the spot, Russian or otherwise.
mainly true except for some in Iraq—US casualties are rarely reported in US media
Also, we don’t even know if this is true or fake news.
fake of course. Russians are not there, hence cannot die. So whoever is killing who, its a full green light
you are wrong anything related with russian military is supreme russian soldiers can not be killed ,russian helos can not involve in crash..:))))
They can’t be Russian soldiers. If the Wagner group exist it’s members most likely are not Russian citizens. Mercenary is penal crime in Russia. Even those 32 “wagner” personnel arrested in Belorussia were from Donbass and not Russian Federation.
ı know…ı am mocking with the accounts here…
BS alert…
I must admit to looking for SOHR sourced.
Iran FM Javad Zarif is scheduled to travel to Moscow on Thursday to meet
with his counterpart Sergei Lavrov, where the two sides are expected to
talk more on military cooperation and weapons sales.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-pledges-military-sales-iran-moment-un-arms-embargo-expires-next-month
2,000 affiliated Syrian PMCs, not bloody likely.
Let Russia clean up another one of the OBAMA/BIDEN wars they did a great job cleaning up Syria.
The US had co-existed with ISIS in Syria fighting their common enemy Assad the freely elected leader of the country. Both ISIS and the US invaded and occupy Syria. ISIS not so much since Russia got there.
Talking of Biden/Obama plus son, have you seen the report released today with regards dodgy dealings with Burisma? Article over on Gateway Pundit, reporting the story, with links into the official report.
The coup in Ukraine was an Obama’s CIA operation. Creating more peace and harmony around the world. I would have included Biden but he was too busy looting the country with his crack head son.
Where did “Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar” live prior to this campaign? He lived in the US in Northern Va pretty close to HQ. Who was he working with at the time and I still believe working with them now?
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Anadolu Agency is a Turkish propaganda / disinformation outlet, so take everything they say with a tablespoon of salt. They’re well known for spewing laughably inaccurate BS in support of Erdogan’s regime.
The fact is that no Turkish sources would be anywhere near any such incident, so they’re obviously just fabricating such claims.
there are many private militias—US has the most…some claim that they guard military installations, embassies, etc. Petroleum enterprises employ them to protect oil production, refineries, etc..there may be a legal distinction between mercenaries and private security services, however in practice they are often quite similar
Russia is wasting time and giving wings to NATO; it only has to force the two countries to observe the truce in a truly pragmatic way, declaring an air exclusion zone for the two countries and the one who does not respect it to bombard. Cancel the site from where Disrespect without hesitation, and this will be the only way to guarantee and be a fair and responsible guarantor….Yeah