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Ben Morgan's avatar

Thanks for the interesting article. The spread of Russian and Chinese private military company activity in Africa and the Indo-Pacific Region is little reported, but is a significant security issue in both regions. Dimitry Utkin, the ex-Spetznaz colonel and original operational leader of Wagner Group sported a selection of Nazi inspired tattoos. So the 'Afrika Corps' branding is not surprising.

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Joseph F Budde's avatar

Tarun, who started calling this unit Afrika Corps? The Russians are bad guys and I'm not convinced the Ukrainian officials are any better, but this name reflects back to the German (Nazi) Army in North Africa during WWII. Certainly, Russia is not calling themselves after a WWII German Army Corps???

Thanks, this article does have some great information.

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