Decryption – Kyiv also sent a small contingent of special forces to Sudan, which it said played a role in the bloody defeat of mercenaries in Mali.
The consequences of the crushing defeat suffered by the Malian army and Wagner’s mercenaries at the end of July were inconclusive. If the military consequences in the north of the Sahel were predictable, the diplomatic tensions it created would be minimal. At the heart of these frictions is Ukraine’s alleged role in the attack and, more generally, Kyiv’s new activity in Africa to counter Russian actions on the continent.
In recent days, Mali and Niger cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine, threatening Moscow. “ Unable to defeat Russia on the battlefield, criminal regime Volodymyr Zelensky It decided to open a second front in Africa and support terrorist groups in states friendly to Moscow »A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the attack.
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