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role did Russian mercenaries play during the attacks? Witnesses told Al Jazeera’s Haque that [Russian mercenaries](/news/2025/6/6/russias-wagner-mercenaries-leaving-mali-africa-corps-to-remain) were involved in fighting in Bamako, around the airport, where they have one of their headquarters
mercenary empire to heel. Wagner was wound down, and its fighters in Mali were absorbed into the Africa Corps, a new structure under the direct command of Russia’s defence ministry. The restructured Russian force