This Wednesday, August 8, Russia accused Ukraine of supporting “terrorist groups”.
“Unable to defeat Russia on the battlefield, the (Volodymyr) Zelensky criminal regime has decided to open a ‘second front’ in Africa and support terrorist groups in Moscow-friendly states on the continent,” said a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman. Affairs, Maria Zakharova was quoted by the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
His comments come more than a week after the Mali attacks Dozens of Wagner Group fighters and Malian soldiers were killedAccording to Agence France-Presse (AFP), it reports on information sent by separatists and terrorists.
Analysts agree that this was the worst defeat Wagner’s group suffered in a battle in Africa.
Following these unprecedented events, Andriï Youssov, a Ukrainian military intelligence officer, claimed that Kiev had provided information to the rebels in order to launch their attack.
The statements drew the ire of Malian officials, who accused Yusov of “acknowledging Ukraine’s involvement in a cowardly, treasonous and barbaric attack,” criticizing Kiev for “supporting international terrorism.”
Following this situation, Mali announced on Sunday it was cutting diplomatic ties with Kiev, followed by Niger on Tuesday, moving closer to Russia after military regimes hostile to the West came to power..
Kiev expressed regret at Bamako’s “urgent” decision, saying it “unconditionally follows the norms of international law” and “firmly rejects the allegations of Mali’s interim government”.
In 2022, Mali’s regime broke its long-standing alliance with France And its European partners must turn to Russia militarily and politically.
In the wake of the attack on Ukraine launched in February 2022, Russia has intensified its diplomatic efforts in Africa to compete with the West in countries that have traditionally been its allies.
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