Source: korybko.substack.com
Mali and Niger cut ties with Ukraine after its military-intelligence representative admitted that Kiev backs groups that they consider to be terrorists.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry criticized Mali’s decision to cut off ties following GUR representative Andrey Yusov’s boast that Ukraine was behind the Tuaregs’ ambush of Wagner there late last month that reportedly killed several dozen fighters. He said at the time that “The rebels received the necessary information and not just information, which allowed them to conduct a successful military operation against Russian war criminals. We certainly will not disclose details at this time; to be continued.”
Fellow Sahelian Alliance/Confederation member Niger then followed Mali’s lead by doing the same, while their shared Burkinabe ally has yet to do so even though it also condemned this and President Ibrahim Traore recently drew attention to how Ukrainian arms have helped fuel his country’s conflict. For background, this analysis here from earlier in the spring talked about Ukraine’s role in aiding American “black ops” in Africa while this one here from last month exposed its role in the recent ambush….