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A blow to Moscow’s image: the Russian Afrika Korps retreated from northern Mali after attacks by separatists. What's happening?

Russian mercenaries from the Afrika Korps suffered one of the most painful defeats in the entire five years of military presence in Mali. As a result of a coordinated attack by Tuareg rebels and militants from a group associated with the banned...

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A blow to Moscow’s image: the Russian Afrika Korps retreated from northern Mali after attacks by separatists. What's happening?
Source: BBC Russian
Российские наемники из Африканского корпуса потерпели одно из самых болезненных поражений за все пять лет военного присутствия в Мали. В результате скоординированной атаки повстанцев-туарегов и боевиков из группировки, связанной с запрещенной в России «Аль-Каидой», наемникам пришлось отступать из города Кидаль.

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