Putin’s war against Ukraine and the West has spilled into Africa and the Middle East

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Former British army officer Colonel Richard Kemp writes in a column for the British publication The Telegraph that Putin's war against Ukraine is moving to the countries of Africa and the Middle East. At the same time, the special forces of the Main Directorate of Intelligence do not lose any chance for operations against Russian formations and their allies.

İt is noted that, most recently, Kyiv claims to have supplied rebel groups in Mali with intelligence that led to an attack against Russian Wagner Group mercenaries in which 84 were reportedly killed.

The Telegraph says that Kyiv has sought military opportunities even further afield, perhaps in an echo of Churchill’s Special Operations Executive which sent military operatives to establish a “second front” in Europe before D-Day was even a possibility. Since at least last year, Ukrainian special forces have endeavoured to damage Russian military capabilities by attacking elsewhere in the world.

In May, General Kyrylo Budanov, chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence, said: “We conduct operations aimed at reducing Russian military potential anywhere where it’s possible”. That includes Sudan, where Russian mercenaries are supporting the rebel Rapid Support Forces which have been fighting against government troops since last spring.

In the Middle East, Ukrainian special forces have reportedly been attacking Russian troops and destroying military equipment in Syria since at least the beginning of this year, along with anti-regime forces in the country. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia has shifted some of its combat forces from Syria to increase the number of troops there, and Kyiv's aim will be to apply military pressure to reverse the move.

“Efforts of Ukrainian special forces in Africa and the Middle East may be little more than pins with minimal strategic effect. But in a war where the country's survival is at stake, and in the absence of Western support, it has no choice but to beat its enemy wherever it can. Undermining Russian criminal activity around the world is clearly in our interests, as well as Kyiv's interests. Putin's cooperation with Iran, particularly in Syria, contributes to the destabilization of the Middle East, which we are witnessing today”, Kemp is sure. According to Colonel Kemp, the countries of the Middle East, which were once in awe of Russian military power, have finally realized that it was only an illusion.