Wagner part of Africa Corps leaving Mali following “spate of attacks in recent weeks”

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1. Supposedly that’s about 70/80% of the Russian troop presence leaving basically only a couple of trainers behind. FYI The Mali part are what was left after the march on Moscow – basically a “paid leave” where soldiers had a choice of going to Africa, Belarus or reintegrating into the Russian army.

   Two possibilities:

   A) The recent bombing attacks and loosing Syria as a staging base have made the troop presence untenable. Queue another toppled regime Assad style?

   B) Support for incoming summer offensive. Still queue another toppled regime? The Mission in Mali is anything but stable. Withdrawing is akin to leaving the Mali Military Junta hanging.

   That’s another one down for Russia’s presence in Africa leaving Sudan (Russia’s remaining Red sea base – it puts some new light on the recent movement of the Russian Red sea fleet). Here is some additional background info for those who want to dig deeper: https://africacenter.org/in-focus/russia-in-africa/

2. Looks like Russians presence in Africa is becoming unattainable.

3. It’s just insane to me that the Russians named their African army the exact same thing that the Nazis did. It’s like they’re not even trying to hide it.

   [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Korps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Korps)

4. Russia is losing a lot in this war.

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