Le Monde reports Russia Redeploys Mercenaries from Burkina Faso to Defend Kursk

Is this war propaganda or is this real? Desperate measures by Putin the Terrible?

Russia Reportedly Redeploys Mercenaries in Burkina Faso to Defend Kursk "A group of Russian contractors supposedly connected with the country’s defense ministry deployed to Burkina Faso in Africa is now reportedly returning to defend the Kursk region from Ukraine."