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Mali, Niger cut ties with Ukraine over Russian attack | Semafor

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Mali and Niger have each cut diplomatic relations with Ukraine , after they determined that Kyiv was involved in an operation supporting Tuareg rebels in the north of Mali .

The insurgency last month led to the killing of 47 Malian soldiers, and 84 Russian military contractors.

The attack and subsequent diplomatic fallout has raised the first serious concerns that the Russia -Ukraine war, now halfway through its third year , could play out on African soil.