Watch: Elite Ukrainian forces hunt down Wagner militants in Sudan

Fire rages in Sudan's North Darfur state after bombing by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in September Photo: AFP via Getty Images

Ukrainian military source reported to CNN that “non-Sudanese military” carried out a series of drone strikes and a ground assault on the Rapid Support Forces near the North African country's capital.

Major General Kirill Budanov, head of Ukraine's Military Intelligence Service, is known for favoring strikes , which demonstrate Kiev's international reach and show that Russian targets are nowhere safe.

At the time, Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine's military intelligence, said: “We can neither confirm nor deny this.”

But he added: “One can also recall the words of General Budanov that Ukraine will destroy Russian war criminals anywhere in the world, wherever they are.”

Wagner is known to have a strong presence in Africa, including the Central African Republic, Libya, Mali and Sudan.

The group played a critical role in supporting Moscow's allies while increasing its influence and control over the natural resources of the host countries.

Moscow struggled to replace mercenaries with their official forces following the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner leader who died in a plane crash two months after leading a failed coup against the Russian military in late June.

After Prigozin's death, Russia attempted to bring Wagner fighters under state control by ordering them to sign an oath of allegiance, and the Kremlin has repeatedly said the group does not exist as a legal entity.

And a large group of former Wagner fighters has now begun training with special forces from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, Chechen field commander Ramzan Kadyrov said on Monday.

“I am glad that today the ranks of the famous Akhmat detachment include fighters who have excellent combat experience and have proven themselves to be brave and combat-ready warriors,” he said.

“I am confident that in the upcoming battles they will fully justify their reputation. “.

Kadyrov published a video accompanied by rousing music, showing soldiers undergoing combat training, including some with Wagner symbols on their uniforms and masks on their faces.

He said, that the exercises carried out included shooting, field medicine and training of snipers, machine gunners, sappers and artillerymen.