Niger breaks diplomatic relations with Ukraine

Niger announced on Tuesday it was “immediately” cutting diplomatic ties with Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of “supporting terrorist groups” after an attack by Tuareg rebels on a Wagner Group convoy in Russia in Mali. Mali’s government believes Ukraine is involved in the attack.

Niger, where a military junta has seized power and is building ties with Russia, also announced it would send “to the United Nations Security Council to make a decision on Ukrainian aggression.”

Attack on the Wagner Column in Mali and “participation” in Ukraine

On July 25-26, Tuareg rebels from the CSP-PSD movement defeated a convoy of Wagner Group activists in Mali. there were about 20 Wagnerites were killed and woundedand those who survived the battle were captured.

The representative of the Central Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andrey Yusov said on the telethon “The monopoly in the field of bandit and pirate activities of Russian PMCs in the world is coming to an end “.

He also said that “the rebels received the necessary information and not only information that allowed them to carry out successful military operations against Russian war criminals,” he said. Public.

Break diplomatic relations between Mali and Ukraine

According to Yusov’s statements, the Malian authorities concluded that Ukraine was involved in the attack. The military junta of Mali decided to remove diplomatic relations with Ukraine.

The British edition of the Times wrote that the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Kirill Budanov, has been planning an attack on Wagner activists since 2023 in Mali, helping Tuareg rebels.

At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mali’s decision to sever diplomatic relations called “short-sighted and rash”. “Ukraine, as a victim of a full-scale military attack by the Russian Federation, is trying in every way, with the support of the international community, to bring justice and respect for international law back, designed to protect everyone. countries of the world, especially African ones, from attacks on their sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity,” the statement says from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

6 August United States they ended up withdrawing their troops from Niger due to the seizure of power in the country by the military junta, which is establishing a partnership with Russia.

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