Mali: Ukraine's Military Intelligence Claims Role in Deadly Wagner Ambush
Mali: Ukraine's Military Intelligence Claims Role in Deadly Wagner Ambush
The Facts
Tuareg rebels who killed mercenaries of the Russian Wagner Group in an ambush in northern Mali last week received key information from Kiev, according to the Ukrainian military intelligence service (GRU) on Monday.Tuareg rebels who killed mercenaries of the Russian Wagner Group in an ambush in northern Mali last week received key information from Kyiv, the Ukrainian military intelligence service (GRU) said on Monday.
According to GRU spokesperson Andrii Yusov, the militants obtained "necessary information" from Ukraine’s Security Service, enabling what he called "a successful military operation against Russian war criminals."
The Spin
The involvement of Ukraine's military intelligence service in the terrorist attack on Malian soldiers and Russian advisers should be an eye-opener to the whole world. While it was previously considered "Russian propaganda" that Ukraine - and its Western masters - are backing terrorists in Mali, Kyiv now decided to come out with the truth. Now a serious re-evaluation of forces and capabilities by all Russian military specialists and allies is needed to teach those malign forces a lesson that seek to hit Russia at the expense of the Malians.
That the rebels received crucial GRU support proves that Ukraine is holding Wagner Group war criminals accountable anywhere in the world. Moscow is only concerned with Mali's resources and the profits flow directly into the Russian war chest. By targeting Wagner in Africa, Kyiv disrupts not only Moscow's shadow operations but also neutralizes some of the most experienced Wagner fighters and weakens the group's overall military potential. Dismantling Wagner benefits both Ukraine and the Malian people.
