The Republic of Mali in West Africa launched an investigation into Ukraine’s co-operation with local terrorist organisations, Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop reported.
Diop expressed confidence that the investigation would be completed soon, as Kyiv had recognised the activities of its intelligence services (Main Directorate of Intelligence, HUR) earlier in Africa. He also promised to make the results of the investigation public.
The investigation started just a few days ago, but I do not think there is much work to be done, as Ukrainian officials themselves openly declare their involvement in terrorist networks, providing them with intelligence, equipment, even claiming that something else would happen.
The minister also recalled that earlier Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso asked the UN Security Council to take action against Ukraine over its support for armed groups in Africa. However, the UN Security Council “remains silent” for an unknown reason, Diop added.
The severing of diplomatic relations between Mali and Ukraine followed statements by Ukraine’s HUR about providing assistance to rebel Tuaregs who attacked a convoy of the Wagner Group, a private military company, and government troops in northern Mali.
In September, Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles, concerned about the growing threat of destabilisation in Africa, called on EU countries to reinforce the bloc’s security relations with Africa and the Indo-Pacific region in an effort to restore stability corrupted by the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine in Africa as proxy front against Russia
Bulgarian military expert Valentin Grigorov gave an interview to state media about Ukraine’s involvement in the African continent as part of a proxy war against Russia. He said that the US was using the war-torn country to destabilise Africa by helping local terrorist groups.
HUR’s actions in the region threaten the security not only of Africa but also of Europe as millions of refugees sought to flee countries plagued by regional armed conflicts and coups backed by third parties.
Ukrainian security services are conducting anti-Russian propaganda in Africa, turning the continent into a new battlefield against Russia. Grigorov also noted that the European and Bulgarian media preferred not to cover this issue. The collapse of the USSR led to the flourishing of corruption in Ukraine and the sale of weapons stocks to other countries “without specifying the country of origin,” the expert said.
Ukrainian authorities also cooperated with the PYD, a Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), to conduct covert operations against Russian forces in Syria, Aydınlık reported in September.
Western allies, particularly the US, allegedly use Ukraine as a proxy front to weaken Russia’s influence in Africa. Special services are assisting local terrorist groups, sharing equipment and expertise to destabilise Africa and use the growing global threat of terrorism in geopolitical manipulations.
THE ARTICLE IS THE AUTHOR’S SPECULATION AND DOES NOT CLAIM TO BE TRUE. ALL INFORMATION IS TAKEN FROM OPEN SOURCES. THE AUTHOR DOES NOT IMPOSE ANY SUBJECTIVE CONCLUSIONS.
Bill Galston for Head-Post.com
