The return of “Wagner”… A Russian cargo plane lands

The global flight tracking website “Flightradar24” showed that a Russian cargo plane with the number “RA – 76370” landed yesterday at Port Sudan Airport on Saturday, May 4th.

This aircraft, belonging to “Abakan Air,” is always used by the Russian “Wagner” Group, especially in its operations inside Africa.

An account on the “X” platform that specializes in monitoring flights and military air operations confirmed the plane’s destination and its affiliation to the “Wagner” Group.

Yesterday, Al-Rakoba (newspaper) published that the Russian agreement with Al-Burhan government, which was signed last week, touched on the matter of “Wagner” forces’ return to Sudan, and the resumption of their cooperation with the Army’s Military Intelligence, which was halted following the revolution and formation of the Transitional Government in August. 2019.

Sources confirmed that the Russian delegation that signed the agreement included two military personnel from the office of Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, the Russian Deputy Minister of Defense, and second to President Putin in the chain of command of the “Wagner” forces after they were restructured again.

It is rather noteworthy that following the rebellion of the former “Wagner” leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and his subsequent death in mysterious circumstances last year, a massive restructuring and formation of the “Wagner” forces took place, according to which their name was changed from “Wagner” to “Africa Legion”, through which President Putin tightened his grip, assuming full control of the forces, and the task of supervising them was entrusted to Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, Deputy Minister of Defense.

A political observer, commenting on “Wagner” forces’ return to cooperation with the Army again, shared: “Where there is gold, there is Wagner,” adding that the agreement concluded with the Russians last week is a quasi-monopolistic agreement for the gold in the Red Sea region, and “Wagner” is now coming to barter livelihood and weapons for gold.