Russia accuses Ukraine of opening ‘African front’ as Niger cuts Kyiv ties
Sudan Events – Agencies
Russia said Ukraine was opening a “second front” in Africa after Mali and Niger broke off diplomatic relations with Kiev, accusing it of support for “terrorist groups”.
“Unable to defeat Russia on the battlefield, the criminal regime of Volodymyr Zelenskyy has opened a second front in Africa,” Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the RIA Novosti news agency on Wednesday.
Zakharova accused Ukraine of “pandering to terrorist groups in countries on the continent friendly to Moscow”.
Tuareg-led separatists have said they killed 84 fighters from Russia’s Wagner mercenary group and 47 Malian soldiers in an attack last month in northern Mali.
Mali accused a senior Ukrainian official of having admitted Kiev’s role in the attack and broke off diplomatic relations on August 5.
