US sanctions head of Russia’s Wagner Group in Mali, accused of arms trafficking for Ukraine fight
- The US has imposed sanctions on the head of the Wagner Group in Mali for attempting to acquire military equipment for use in Ukraine.
- The Treasury Department accused the group's principal administrator, Ivan Aleksandrovich Maslov, of working with Malian officials to deploy the group in Mali and execute its global activities.
- Russia's Foreign Ministry dismissed the US allegations as a "hoax" and called for Washington to examine the effect of its own military exports.
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USA: sanctions against the head of Wagner in Mali
Washington announced on Thursday a series of economic sanctions targeting the head of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner in Mali, Ivan Maslov, whom it accuses of seeking to obtain military equipment there for use in the Ukrainian conflict.
Mali: US Sanctions Against Wagner and Two Senior Mali Army Officials
According to the United Nations Human Rights Office, these individuals have been accused of human rights violations during the Mora massacre in March 2022, which killed more than 500 people. The US State Department has imposed sanctions against two Malian military officers and Wagner, the head of a paramilitary group in the country. At the material time, one of the two senior officers targeted, Colonel Moustab Shankare, commanded the 33rd Parac…
The group is trying to hide the purchase of military equipment for use in Ukraine, including through Mali and other countries, the US Ministry of Finance emphasized.
The local paramilitary chief is suspected of smuggling weapons for the Ukraine war.
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