Dozens of what she called "Russian mercenaries" have been killed in an air strike in Libya over the past few days.

The newspaper said in a report that hundreds of Russian mercenaries recruited by the group "Wagner" Russian security to fight with the forces of retired Libyan brigade Khalifa Hifter, although Moscow denies any military role in Libya.

The newspaper quoted the Russian investigation site "Medusa" that about 35 Russians were killed last month when the forces of the reconciliation government targeted sites in the west of Libya.

A source in the British government, described as high, had told her in March that Russian mercenaries were operating artillery and drones and providing Hifter with logistical capabilities.

The head of the Joint Operations Room in Libya, Osama Goueili, revealed at the end of September that countries supporting Khalifa Hifter are turning to the services of companies, some of them from Russia, to recruit mercenaries to fight with the Libyan brigade.

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Libyan activists also circulated on social media pictures of handwritten military documents and plans, portraits, mobile phones and bank credit cards of mercenaries from the Russian company Wagner.

More than 100 Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group, headed by Yevgeny Brezhuzin, a close associate of President Vladimir Putin, arrived in eastern Libya last month to support Hifter's forces in their attempts to take control of the capital Tripoli, some of whom were killed in the fighting, according to Bloomberg.

The agency noted that the Wagner Group has been playing a prominent role in the implementation of Russia's foreign policy, where it participated in operations in Syria, in Central Africa, and other parts of Africa.