# Malian separatists trained by instructors sent from Kyiv, newspaper reports

https://mins.news/en/item/93491

- TASS, 2026-10-09 15:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2199961

> Nigeria’s Vanguard, citing a source in the Azawad Liberation Front, reports that Malian separatists maintain contact with Ukrainians and train with instructors sent by Kyiv in northern Mali near the Mauritanian border. A regional diplomatic source says Ukrainians work with Tuareg rebels and that Ukraine supplies drones used by the separatists.

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