The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry rejected on October 14 “accusations” spread by international media about Kyiv’s role in providing drones to rebels in Mali.
The statement comes in response to an article published by Le Monde, a French publication, which claimed that Tuareg fighters of the anti-government CSP are using Ukrainian drones to attack the government forces and their allies Wagner.
Le Monde reported that Ukraine’s military intelligence, HUR, has been working with Malian rebels from early 2024. The outlet cited a source from HUR to report that Ukrainian specialists had arrived in the Sahel to train rebels and that some CSP members were trained in Ukraine.
In July, Russian Wagner soldiers and Malian soldiers suffered heavy losses during an engagement with Tuareg fighters. The Russian mercenary force, which is known for its deployment in Ukraine, and a short-lived revolt against the Kremlin, last year, has an extensive presence on the African continent. It supports Russian business interests, and regimes that are friendly to Moscow.
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The Malian government interpreted this as an admission by Ukraine of its support for the rebels and broke diplomatic relations with Kyiv. Neighboring Niger soon followed suit.
In a statement released on October 14, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that it categorically denied all of the accusations made by high-ranking officials of Mali and Niger, who claimed Ukraine was involved in “cooperation with terrorists,” “arms supplies, information and support to the terrorist coalition.”
Kyiv has denied the claims of Niger and Mali since August, claiming that the two African nations were under Russian influence.
The ministry denied allegations that it provided weapons and equipment supplied by Kyiv’s partners to assist against Russian aggression.
The ministry stated that “from the first months of Russia’s full-scale invasion it was Ukraine who first introduced an extensive system of tracking and controlling the weapons supplied to Ukraine by Western partners.”
The statement read: “Once more, we reiterate that Ukraine remains committed towards the further development mutually beneficial relationships with all African countries.”
The statement follows an article in the French newspaper Le Monde that claimed that Tuareg fighters of the anti-government CSP were using Ukrainian drones to attack the military and Wagner mercenaries.
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