Mali’s Military Government Breaks Relations with Ukraine

Chief of the military goverment of Mali, July 2024 Photo: @Malijetactu

August 5, 2024 Hour: 5:40 pm

Ukrainian authorities, demonstrate clear official support by the Ukrainian government for terrorism in Africa, the Sahel and more precisely in Mali”

On Monday, the military government of Mali announced the closure of diplomatic relations with Ukraine, supporting the Russian diagnosis “on the neo-Nazi and villainous character” of the Kiev authorities “allies of international terrorism”.

Mali took note of the statements by the spokesman of the Intelligence service of Ukraine, Andrei Yusov, who admit that this country “in a cowardly, barbaric attack of terrorists” The text, signed by Territorial Administration Minister Abdoulaye Maiga, states that it caused the death of Malian soldiers in the city of Tinzauatene (north).

“These very serious allegations, which have not been denied or condemned by the Ukrainian authorities, demonstrate clear official support by the Ukrainian government for terrorism in Africa, the Sahel and more precisely in Mali”, states the note.

According to the statement, these acts “violate Mali’s sovereignty, go beyond the framework of foreign interference, which is already reprehensible, and constitute an aggression against Mali”.

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— African Stream (@african_stream) August 5, 2024

Last week the Malian military government announced that 47 soldiers and 84 advisers of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner had been killed in a clash with Tuareg rebels in the north of the country.

Therefore, it announces the “immediate” break of diplomatic relations with Ukraine and the referral “to judicial authorities” the actions of the Ukrainian intelligence chief and the ambassador as constituting in their opinion “acts of terrorism”.