Russia’s Wagner Offered Arms to Sudanese General Battling Army

Offer to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces could escalate conflict, deepen U.S. concerns over Russian involvement

Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo at a press conference at Rapid Support Forces headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan, in February. Photo: MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAH/REUTERS

Russia’s paramilitary Wagner Group has offered heavy weapons to the leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Force, one of two rival factions battling for control of the East African country, according to a current and a former U.S. official, and a person close to the Sudanese general.

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