None of the Russian instructors in the Central African Republic (CAR) were captured or killed. Thus, the Russian ambassador reacted to reports of the murder of fighters from the private military company (PMC) Wagner, RIA Novosti reports.
According to him, the information about the deaths of Russians in the CAR is fake.
Earlier, the local edition of Corbeau News reported that the rebels in the CAR announced the murder of the Wagner PMC fighters. According to the anti-government Coalition of Patriots for Change, one Russian was taken hostage, and several more were killed.
Representatives of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières confirmed that on the day of the fighting with government forces near the city of Bambari on February 10, the bodies of the dead were indeed received at the local morgues, but did not provide details.