Ukraine has said it “strongly rejects” accusations that it is involved in the supply of drones to Tuareg militants in Mali, after French media reported that the rebels received “discreet but decisive” support from Ukraine in their campaign against...More
Ukraine has said it “strongly rejects” accusations that it is involved in the supply of drones to Tuareg militants in Mali, after French media reported that the rebels received “discreet but decisive” support from Ukraine in their campaign against the pro-Russian government in Bamako.After Malian and Wagner forces suffered a major defeat in an ambush in July, A spokesman for Kiev's HUR military intelligence agency, Andrey Yusov, admitted that his agency had given the rebels “necessary information, and not just information, which enabled a successful military operation.”The Strategic Framework for the Defense of the People of Azawad (CSP-DPA), a coalition of predominantly Tuareg militant forces based in northern Mali, has been trained in drone warfare by Kiev’s HUR military intelligence agency, French newspaper Le Monde reported last week.The Tuaregs used light quadcopter drones to drop explosives on Malian government forces and members of the Russian Wagner private military company in at least three ambushes since July, Le Monde reported, without specifying how many of these “Ukrainian drones” have allegedly been supplied by the HUR.”Ukraine strongly rejects the accusations that have recently been released by the international media outlets about the alleged involvement of our state in the supply of UAVs to the rebels in Mali,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
An al-Qaeda-linked group ambushed and killed Wagner Group mercenaries in central Mali, as reported by the Associated Press.The incident took place on November 21, and a Malian security official confirmed that the mercenaries were targeted while at a...