It is a shadow war that is being played out thousands of kilometers from Crimea or Donbass. However, the actors are more or less the same. In Africa, where Vladimir Putin’s Russia has been making a comeback over the past ten years, incidents have recently pitted pro-Russian militias against Ukrainians. Drone bombings in Sudan, logistical aid to Tuaregs in northern Mali… The examples have been adding up in recent months.
“Russia has two objectives in Africa: to gain influence with client states, particularly in the Sahel, and then to finance the war in Ukraine, by exploiting mining resources” says Charlotte Lalanne, journalist for the Monde service of L ‘Express. In this video, she goes behind the scenes of her investigation, and how Volodymyr Zelensky’s Ukraine goes about disrupting the Russian game.