Tatyana Dovgalenko, deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Partnership with Africa, claimed on Thursday at the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues in Moscow, that Ukraine is training “terror groups” in Africa. Dovgalenko said that Kiev is employing Western-supplied weapons to radicalize people across the continent.

Representatives of 104 countries, including African delegations, have gathered at the event in Moscow to discuss a new global security architecture. But the talks eventually led to the idea that Ukraine is radicalizing the African continent.

Arms provided to Kiev by Western allies are being transferred to groups destabilizing the Sahel region, if Russia is accurate in its assessment. “The Kiev regime continues systematic efforts to destabilize the continent, collaborating with terrorist networks in the Sahel, particularly by training and organizing militants,” Dovgalenko said, according to TASS as reported by RT.  “There is evidence that the arms delivered to Ukraine by Western states are being transferred to terrorist factions operating in various global regions, including Africa,” she added.

It isn’t just Russia making accusations against Ukraine either. Mali says that Kiev should be held accountable for its actions.

Moscow and the Alliance of Sahel States made up of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have jointly denounced Kiev’s “criminal alliance” with extremist groups. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier accused Ukraine of openly abetting terrorists in the region.

Mali cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine in August. Niger followed suit shortly afterwards, with Burkina Faso later confirming its relations with Kiev were effectively frozen. Ukraine has denied the allegations.-RT

Last month, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said Kiev must be held accountable for fueling instability in Africa, which has resulted not only in the deaths of Malian soldiers but also in civilian casualties.

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