"The situation is not very good": in the USA commented the capture of their base by the Russians in Niger

Russian troops who arrived in the country occupied a separate hangar at the Air Base 101, which is located near Dior Hamani International Airport in Name. The Russian military entered the territory of the American air base in Niger, which housed US troops. They occupied a separate hangar. The BBC writes about it.

According to the media on the anonymity, a high -ranking representative of the US defense department, Russian troops who arrived in the country occupied a separate hangar at the Air Baet 101, located near Dior Hamani International Airport in Name. "The situation is not very good, but in the short term is governed," the American official said.

Answering Reuters questions about the arrival of Russian troops at the US Air Base, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin replied that Russian servicemen "are in a separate complex and have no access to US troops or our equipment. " It is noted that the military junta seized power in Niger as a result of a coup in July 2023. It demands that the United States remove almost a thousand servicemen from the country.

Also last year, Niger terminated military agreements with France and the European Union, and in March this year, the junta also terminated an agreement with the United States, which had about a thousand US military in two bases. Niger has those who want to go under the care of Russia instead of France. Recall that a high -ranking official of the US Defense Ministry on May 3 stated that after the decision of the junta to bring the contingent of the US Army there were Russian troops.