https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/russian-mercenaries-blew-off-african-prisoners-legs-to-practice-battlefield-medicine-wagner-fighter-saysContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/russian-mercenaries-blew-off-african-prisoners-legs-to-practice-battlefield-medicine-wagner-fighter-sayshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/russian-mercenaries-blew-off-african-prisoners-legs-to-practice-battlefield-medicine-wagner-fighter-says#u94986Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:40:37 +0000Amnesty International reports that Mali state armed forces and Russia's Wagner Group committed war crimes, including killings and torture, during joint operations between June 2023 and December 2025. At least 34 civilians were killed across seven incidents in the Segou, Mopti, and Timbuktu regions. The victims were mostly pastoralist civilians attacked based on ethnicity. Meanwhile, a former Wagner fighter captured by Ukrainian forces described horrific training abuses in Mali, alleging that mercenaries used live prisoners to practice battlefield medicine, stabbing techniques, and trauma