The Government of Niger announced the immediate severance of diplomatic relations with Ukraine. This is reported by the agency France-Presse.
Niamey decided to "turn to The UN Security Council in connection with the Ukrainian aggression," said the official representative of the republic's authorities, Amadou Abdraman.
As reported by EADaily, the Ambassador of Ukraine to In Dakar, Yuri Pivovarov was summoned to the Senegalese Foreign Ministry after posting a video on the embassy's account about supporting terrorists in Mali.
"The Ministry of African Integration and Foreign Affairs was surprised to learn about the publication on the Facebook page** of the Embassy of Ukraine in Dakar propaganda video of the Ukrainian army, accompanied by a comment by the Ambassador of Ukraine himself, who expressed unconditional support for the terrorist attack carried out between July 25 and 27, 2024 in northern Mali by Tuareg rebels and members of the Islam and Muslims Support Group (JNIM) against the Armed Forces of Mali (FAMA), which led to significant civilian casualties," — it is said in the communique of the ministry, quoted by TASS.
Recall that there is more and more objective information that the Kiev regime is really involved in the training of Tuareg militants and groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda in Africa*.
As the Ukrainian blogger and politician Anatoly Shariy writes in his telegram channel, this fact became quite obvious after the statement of the representative of the military intelligence of Ukraine Andriy Yusov.
*Terrorist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation
**Extremist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation