#yevkurov — Public Fediverse posts

'the presence of #Wagner operatives has been reported in #Libya -n media in several key #oil facilities under #LNA control (the army led by Khalifa #Haftar in the east of the country), and those installations include the Zilla #oilfield and the oil crescent ports'
'A day before #prigozhin ’s plane crash the #Russian Dep Defence Minister Yunus-Bek #Yevkurov visited eastern #Libya to reassure officials that Wagner fighters would remain there under #Moscow 's control'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlb

'Just before #Prigozhin ’s plane went down in fact, the very day before we heard reports that #Russia 's Deputy Defence Minister, Yunus-Bek #Yevkurov was in #Libya - he met with Commander #Haftar Who is one of the key figures in Libya.'

More on the race to take over #Wagner in the #MENA region and their operations in #Africa in the latest special of #TheGlobalJigsaw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlb

'Since prigozhin’s death many #Russian def ministry officials including Deputy Defence Minister #Yevkurov, army general #Surovikin - who has for a long time had ties to #Wagner -, military intelligence generals like Vladimir #Alekseyev and Andrey #Averyanov - they were all  spotted in various #African states and it is likely to be some sort of a  coordinated effort to renegotiate Wagner’s contracts and take them over for the ministry's pocket private military companies' https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlb

[Gifted NYT link - no paywall ].After Prigozhin’s Death, a High-Stakes Scramble for His Empire
A shadowy fight is playing out on three continents for control of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s sprawling interests as head of the Wagner mercenary group. The biggest prize: his lucrative operations in Africa. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/world/europe/prigozhin-wagner-russia-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1KRlYqOHf0kqm1pN9Mf9wt6G6y1eVzM3zR1AmvO0TbA8BiFmKsDAVnBgMvjZrzJ8bpYQgU3MSmQInzbp1HALv90dbxzmO37nnjFjLPJ7es2mi0amc3dP6hLwQPDg1AlSxpQIdnUDH3C1ZNfxupzwMqlT-C_U5xd9i3kr_TuFwns0B7O0y5ZFgj8ZkhxIo83tYa4YWDr13ECCU9da3qmyJfeytQGahXskgXnNkik7jJUL5uh-tbywABTcqyB59fXZjk7KX6hScdqsb6UwOF3vwspVoopF4-UgpZk8g2DNME61rPBmUD-XefAPI_w3F_X-5F0SiLZEFkJghbLH2PMtVEOOOVht7XcD6L-Iow&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #prigozhin #Africa #libya #burkinaFaso #wagner #wagnerGroup #yevkurov #pavelPrigozhin #averyanov