Mali Cuts Ukraine Ties Over Alleged Aiding of Rebel Attack
- Ukraine assisted rebels in deadly attack: government
- Dozens of Malian soldiers, Wagner fighters killed in clashes
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Mali’s military leadership severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine over its alleged backing of a Malian Tuareg rebel group that carried out an attack in which scores of government troops and Russian-backed mercenaries died.
Mali took the action after a Ukrainian military intelligence agency spokesman said his country had assisted the rebels, without providing any details. Those comments showed “Ukraine’s involvement in a cowardly, treacherous and barbaric attack by armed terrorist groups resulting in the death of Malian soldiers,” government spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga said late Sunday.