With operations in as many as 30 countries across 4 continents, Russian private military companies are part of a larger campaign to expand Moscow’s influence in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Western governments have watched the battle over Libya’s capital, Tripoli, with disinterest, even as it has drawn in a growing number of foreign powers.
U.S. Africa Command has mounting evidence that Russia, through the Wagner Group, continues to position military equipment in Libya capable of conducting kinetic operations there.