Kiev has repeatedly pledged to pursue Russians responsible for crimes in Ukraine Anywhere in the world.
Ukrainian special forces are fulfilling this commitment by operating against the Russian military that cements the Kremlin’s influence in the Middle East and Africa.
The latest of their actions took place at the end of this month of July, when Ukrainian forces attacked with drones and other means a Russian air base located east of the city. Syria of Aleppoaccording to sources from the GUR who informed the newspaper Kyiv Post.
The base was used, among other things, to train and transport Syrian mercenaries to fight with the Russian Army in Ukraine.
GUR agents have anonymously confirmed that they assist Syrian rebels in their actions against Russian forces deployed in the Arab country since 2015, when the Kremlin intervened in the area to support the Syrian president, Bashar Al-Assad.
Presence in Sudan
The Ukrainian military intelligence arm has also reached Sudanwhere Russian fighters from the group Wagner have intervened in support of the rebel military.
A video published in February by the Kyiv Post shows agents of the GUR Ukrainian interrogating captured Wagner mercenaries in that African country, who were a key part of Russian operations in the first phase of the war in Ukraine.
“We continue to wage our war wherever it is possible to reach the Russians,” he told EFE Without confirming or denying the presence of Ukrainian forces in these theaters of operations, the Ukrainian colonel in reserve Sergui Grabskiwho participated with his country’s Army in peacekeeping missions HIM in Irak and the former Yugoslavia.
The hand of the GUR in Mali?
The secret operations of Kiev against Russian forces deployed thousands of kilometers from the Ukrainian front have been in the news again this week after the appearance on Monday, once again in the Kyiv Post, of a photograph in which Tuareg rebels fighting against the Malian government pose with a Ukrainian flag.
The photo was reportedly taken to celebrate a recent ambush by Tuareg secessionist rebels in which jihadists from Al Qaeda in northern Mali against Russian Wagner mercenaries supporting the Malian government.
According to the rebels, around fifty mercenaries were killed in the ambush. Moscow He also acknowledged having suffered significant casualties.
The presence among the Tuaregs of a photograph of two armed white men sparked all kinds of speculation on social media about kyiv’s involvement in the operation.
The rumours were further fuelled by statements made to Ukrainian television by the spokesman for Ukrainian military intelligence, Andrí Yusov. “The rebels received crucial information, and not just data, which allowed them to successfully carry out the operation against the Russian criminals. While we cannot give more details, there will be a continuation,” he said. Yusov.
When asked EFE If the rebels received “crucial information” from Ukrainian intelligence services, Yusov He replied laconically in writing: “No, we have not made that statement.”
He hit Wagner in Mali also sparked rumors that secessionist rebels had offered Ukraine to take over mercenaries from Wagner captured. Yusov He stated on television that this information was being “verified.”
Asked about the possibility that the Ukrainian GUR is working with the Tuaregs, the colonel in reserve Grabski responds with a resounding “no.”
“The situation with the Tuaregs is very sensitive and could upset many countries in the so-called Global South,” said the former soldier, who cited among these thorny issues the collaboration of these rebels with radical Islamic movements and their secessionist aspirations.
“The last thing you need Ukraine “This is creating problems for all those countries,” says Grabski, who does not rule out the possibility that the Tuaregs are seeking to associate their cause with that of Ukraine in order to attract attention and popularity.
The colonel in reserve does not rule out, however, that Ukraine has assisted the rebels in a timely and indirect manner.
“Someone in Mauritania or Mali forgets a folder with documents and photographs and another person, let’s say a member of the Tuareg movement, finds it and uses it to prepare the attack,” says Grabski, who agrees with Yusov in foreseeing more situations like the one that occurred in northern Mali, to illustrate a possible form of collaboration. EFE
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