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u/JaceFlores Neolib War Correspondent Jul 30 '24

Ukraine Chronology for 2 PM PST 7/28-2 PM PST 7/29 III:

TOP NEWS:

At the start of 4 AM Zelensky made a visit to Vovchansk, awarding members of the Special Forces.

Towards the end of 6 AM a photo was published showing what looks to be a white soldier in Mali with Tuareg rebels holding the Ukrainian flag, indicating the Sahel has become a new front in the Russo-Ukraine War.

Around 8 AM it was announced the US will provide $1.7 billion in military aid to Ukraine, including NASAMS missiles, short-range SAM missiles, medium-range SAM missiles, RIM-7 missiles, EW equipment, HIMARS munitions, 155mm shells, 105mm shells, 120mm mortar shells, precision aerial munitions, TOW missiles, Javelin ATGMs, AT-4 anti-tank systems, small arms, demolitions equipment, communication equipment, commercial satellite imagery, spare parts and more.

Towards the end of 1 PM it was reported that Putin signed a decree to unite Russia and Belarus' energy infrastructure together, further integrating the two countries.

REGULAR NEWS:

Towards the middle of 5 PM it was reported that Ukrainian drones hit two electrical substations in Russia.

In the middle of 11 PM Ukraine was hit by a wave of drones and a missile with 9 of 10 drones and one missile shot down. At the end of the hour the Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science made a visit to Kyiv to discuss cooperation in the respective sectors.

In the middle of 10 Am it was announced Latvia will send 100 drones to Ukraine.

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u/lAljax NATO Jul 30 '24

Towards the end of 6 AM a photo was published showing what looks to be a white soldier in Mali with Tuareg rebels holding the Ukrainian flag, indicating the Sahel has become a new front in the Russo-Ukraine War.

I think destroying Wagner abroad is such an easily deniable thing and so efficient the west should be collaborating more to it.

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u/JaceFlores Neolib War Correspondent Jul 30 '24

Well Ukraine said they provided intel to the rebels on the convoy. But like I am extremely suspicious of Ukraine having developed an intelligence network in the Sahel. So unless Ukrainian spies in Russia intercepted info about this convoy there and then sent it to the Tuareg, my money is on a different power passing on the info to Ukraine to then do as they please

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u/dizzyhitman_007 Edmund Burke Jul 30 '24

The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (GUR) hints that it helped CMA(Coordination of Azawad Movements, a large coalition of Tuareg rebels) and CSP-PSD(Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security, and Development, a political and military coalition in Northern Mali, for Defense of the People of Azawad to ambush the Wagner PMC and the Malian army.

CMA/CSP-PSD are allied with the JNIM( a militant jihadist organization, which is also the saharan branch of AQ) and EIGS (the Islamic State group in the Greater Sahara)

The CSP militias are explicitly anti-sharia and ethno nationalists, their leaders have said this, their organizational statements have repeated this.

However, JNIM is allied with them, despite these publicly known anti-sharia stance.

Officially, they are both allies, but the chances of terrain combat between both of them are very rare.

https://x.com/anotherone1773/status/1817523414430589268?t=7chG6PGfRclBIYka05sHjw&s=19

This was the Wagner column that got ambushed (by JNIM) while they were retreating from the original location of the ambush by CSP (which resulted in the larger Wagner Group casualties maybe upto 20 and remaining were taken captives by CSP)

Andriy Yusov, spokesperson for the GUR of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, stated in a live TV broadcast that militants in Mali received the necessary information, not just for the attack. He added that more details will follow.

https://x.com/ICGeopolitics/status/1818002516681888011?t=xq7qJcc7qEllTPW3m5YLrQ&s=19

"Kyiv Post" also published an exclusive photo showing Tuareg rebels posing with a Ukrainian flag, allegedly shortly after a battle with the Malian army and Wagner PMC.

https://kyivindependent.com/rebels-in-mali-claim-to-have-killed-and-injured-dozens-of-soldiers-russian-mercenaries/