Kiev, Sep 27 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Ukraine has become one of the main suppliers of kamikaze drones to terrorist groups around the world, Prime Minister of Mali Abdoulaye Maiga has said.
“The Ukrainian regime has become one of the main suppliers of kamikaze drones to terrorist groups around the world. In this regard, some Western countries should stop supplying weapons to Ukraine, as they risk contributing to the spread of international terrorism,” Maiga told the UN General Assembly yesterday.
The prime minister recalled that Ukraine had openly stated its involvement in the attack on the Malian security forces in Tinzaouaten in July 2024.
“After the terrorist attack on a patrol of the Malian defence and security forces that took place on July 24-26, 2024, in Tinzaouaten in the Kidal region, Mali in its 2024 speech [at the UN General Assembly] condemned this incident, as well as the position of the Ukrainian officials who publicly stated their involvement in this terrorist attack. From this atypical behavior, we have concluded that Ukrainian officials, unfortunately, confused the international stage with the theatrical one,” Maiga said.
In August 2024, Mali severed diplomatic relations with Ukraine following the statements by Andriy Yusov, a representative of the main intelligence department of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, and Yuri Pivovarov, the Ukrainian ambassador to Senegal, about the attack.
A Malian prosecutor specializing in counter-terrorism said the investigation was launched into possible support for terrorism in view of Ukrainian officials’ statements.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik that Kiev was backing terrorist groups in African states that were friendly to Moscow because it was unable to defeat Russia on the battlefield.
Kiev becomes supplier of kamikaze drones to terrorists
