Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Ukraine, which is losing in the special operation zone, has decided to open a second front in African countries friendly to Russia. This was reported by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
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"Ukraine is retreating under the pressure of the Russian Armed Forces. They have apparently decided to open a second front in Africa, stimulating terrorist activity there, in African states that are friendly to us," Zakharova noted.
The diplomat specified that last week Malian and Burkina Faso news portals, citing official sources, stated the involvement of Ukrainian intelligence in assisting the terrorist group Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM), which has ties to Al-Qaeda (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation). On May 30, this group carried out an attack on positions of the Malian Armed Forces in the Koulikoro region.
Zakharova called GSIM's support in Africa another demonstration of the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime. The MFA representative also added that Kiev's ties with African terrorists had been confirmed earlier, including by the press secretary of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Andrey Yusov and the country's ambassador to Senegal Yuriy Pivovarov.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in early August 2024, Pivovarov published a video supporting Malian terrorists, after which he was summoned to the Senegalese Foreign Ministry, and the authorities of Mali and Niger broke off diplomatic relations with Ukraine. At that time, Zakharova stated that the decision of African countries to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine indicates a growing understanding by African countries of the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime.
In November 2024, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Russia would combat Ukrainian support for terrorists in Africa. According to Georgy Mikhno, Acting Director of the Department for New Challenges and Threats at the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Kiev regime actively and openly supports terrorist groups on the continent.
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