On Thursday, there was a jihadist ambush on an army convoy heading for Niger in the Ménaka region of Mali, resulting in the death of several Malian soldiers, as reported by a military official and a local elected official on Friday.
According to the military official, an initial assessment revealed that six soldiers were killed, and the search for others who are missing has been initiated. On the other hand, the terrorists suffered a loss of at least 15 fighters.
The local elected official stated that the overall toll, including dead, wounded, and missing soldiers, could be around twenty, but the situation is not yet clear.
The area where the ambush occurred had deployments of both the Malian army and paramilitaries from the Russian security group Wagner. The junta in power in Mali considers these external reinforcements to be Russian instructors.
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