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Mali said on Sunday that it is cutting diplomatic ties with Ukraine over comments made by a spokesperson for Ukraine's military intelligence agency (GUR) about fighting in its north that killed Malian soldiers and Wagner fighters in late July.
Mali's northern Tuareg rebels say they killed at least 47 Malian soldiers and 84 Russian Wagner mercenaries, who helped Mali's military authorities fight insurgent groups, over days of fierce fighting in the north of the West African country.
GUR spokesperson Andriy Yusov has not confirmed Kyiv's involvement in the fighting, but in comments published on public broadcaster Suspilne's website on July 29, he said the Malian rebels had received the "necessary" information to conduct the attack.
Mali said Yusov had "admitted Ukraine's involvement in a cowardly, treacherous and barbaric attack by armed terrorist groups that resulted in the death of members of the Malian Defense and Security Forces."