UN Report: 1,200 Russian Mercenaries Are Fighting In Libya

Haftar's forces launched a war a year ago to seize Tripoli and other parts of northwest Libya [File: Esam Omran al-Fetori/Reuters]

BBC: Wagner, shadowy Russian military group, 'fighting in Libya'

Hundreds of mercenaries from Russia's shadowy Wagner Group are operating in Libya, a leaked UN report says.

They have been supporting renegade general Khalifa Haftar's battle against the Tripoli-based government, it says.

Since 2014, Libya has been split between areas controlled by the sides.

Wagner is believed to have been involved in conflicts in Ukraine, Syria and elsewhere. The Russian government denies any state involvement in the militant group.

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