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- Ukraine embeds fifteen drone operators with Mali’s Azawad Liberation Front to strike over 2,000 Russian troops.
- Operators remotely guide drones via internet and radio, avoiding front-line exposure.
- Ukraine trained soldiers from Chad, Niger and Burkina Faso who traveled to Mali for instruction.
- Moscow has deployed about 5,000 troops in Mali, Sudan and Libya since 2020.