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According to the newspaper, the number of Russian troops in the country is likely to number in the hundreds, and similar contingents will most likely appear in other countries in the region. The Sm Afrik Corps published images of Russian soldiers and a transport plane in flight in Ouagadougou on the Telegram social network.
The military presence in the country was preceded by long-standing relations and mutual hostilities, which were accompanied by various speculations. It is very likely that African Corps contingents will also appear in other countries in the region, the Russian newspaper Kommersant wrote on its website.
According to Reuters, relations between Ouagadougou and Moscow have been in the spotlight since the ruling junta called for the withdrawal of French troops at the turn of the year. This gave rise to speculation about deepening relations with Russia along the lines of neighboring Mali, where Rut Oldni works.
A Russian contingent of 100 people will ensure the security of the country of Ibrahim Traor and the people of Burkina Faso from the terrorist attacks. In the near future, the unit will be supplemented by 200 soldiers from Russia, the African Corps said.
Estaticitelet Traor, until recently a special forces commander, came to power in the second military coup in a year in 2022. But even the new head of state did not seem to dream of creating security forces. Last April, the country’s leadership had to announce a mobilization. But it is estimated that Islamists still control two-fifths of the country. It is obvious that the inability to fight the insurgents with their own forces led the leadership to resort to Russian military assistance, Kommersant wrote.
In doing so, he recalled the speculation that Russia was behind the agreement on cooperation between the military junta of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso and that the new African Corps should replace the old one from Wagner’s group Yevgeny Prigoin, who lost his life after the uprising against Moscow . Addressing the African Corps was Deputy Chief of the Defense Ministry Yunus-Bek Jevkurov, a scientist from Ingushetia in the North Caucasus who has recently frequently visited the West African country.
In connection with the perspectives, a colleague from Reuters changed the views of the leaders of Niger and Ada in Moscow.
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