Russia continuously supplies heavy military equipment to these Malian bases. This is confirmed by the analysis of satellite photos, which was carried out two days ago by the AP agency, following their help the convoy of Russian commercial ships, which took an almost month journey from the Baltic Sea to the port of Konakry, the capital of Guinea, lying at the western banks of the Gulf of Guinea. According to carefully monitoring European military officials, on which the agency cited, ships transported, among others, howitzers and equipment for drowning the radio.
On the coast of Guinea, the weapon was reloaded to trucks and transported to Mali. For the first time, this procedure was documented in May last year in satellite photos provided by Planet Labs PBC, which depicted the Russian Patria shopping ship, discharging military vehicles.
Subsequent ships, including those covered by some Western countries, delivered weapons to the same Guinean port in January and the following months. Trucks towards the Malian border went, among others, 152 mm artillery, wheeled BTR-80 armored personnel carriers with radio signal disruption, as well as armored vehicles Spartak and armored personnel carriers with mounted departments. The shipment also included at least two small boats, one of the Russian flag painted on the hull. Satellite photos were also captured by at least one Su-24 fighter stationed at the Bamako Air Base, which serves as a logistics center of Russian forces in this part of Africa.
Russia most likely devotes this equipment for its African corps developing in Africa, and not for the Malian armed forces.
Russians in Africa. The retreat of the Wagner Group
The Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries announced on June 6 that she left Mali, passing on their African assets supported by the Russian Ministry of Defense to the African Corps. As a reason for leaving Mali, the Wagner group gave the completion of a mission of eliminating Islamic armed groups from the country.
Meanwhile, the ruling Little Military Junta is still losing control of her territory, and the rebels associated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State are stronger than ever. They are proved by this event from the beginning of June, when the Islamic and Muslims support group associated with the Al-Qaeda (Jnim) carried out an attack on the Boulicessi city located in the central small city and the base of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) located in it, killing over 30 soldiers, according to the sources quoted by the Reuters agency, though in the issued statement she was 75 to 90 Malians. A day later, the same group attacked the base and airport in the historic city of Timbuktu.
