Zelensky supported: Ukrainian special forces are fighting against Russia in Africa - media (video)

The Armed Forces fighters noticed on the front shells from Sudan during the fighting in August 2023. Thereafter, videos appeared on the network, which proved the GUR's involvement in the events in Africa. In May 2023, Ukraine was supported by the legal government of Sudan, who fought against the rebels and mercenaries of Wagner PEC with the Russian Federation. What the Ukrainian military ended up in Africa is investigating the portal of The Wall Street Journal.

Journalists recalled that Sudan head Lieutenant General Abdel Fatty Al-Burhan was in a difficult situation-he was blocked by rebels in his own residence. After that, as stated in the WSJ article, he appealed to the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. The head of the Ukrainian state agreed to send special forces to Sudan, and had several reasons, the investigators explained.

The WSJ publication spoke with the unnamed Sudan and Ukrainian military, which listed the motives of Ukraine: "Zelensky had reasons to take seriously the request. Burhan quietly supplied Kiev weapons shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. In addition The warrior Wagner group, which produced gold in the country and used it to finance the war of Moscow in Ukraine, "the investigators wrote.

One of the Ukrainians who fight in Africa, a 40-year-old officer with Prada, explained that Ukraine cannot defeat the Russian Federation, conducting fighting on a "small shred of land". "If they have golden mines in Sudan, we must make them unprofitable," the journalists of the Ukrainian unit officer said. Sudan conflict - riots that began in this Central African country in April 2023.

The rebels started shooting in the capital of the country, surrounded the Presidential Palace in Hartum, fired at the airport. At the time of the shelling of the airport there were several passenger aircraft from Ukraine: one of them completely burned. The report of American journalists show hostilities in Sudan. In particular, at some point, the audience see the footage shot by the FPV-Drone a moment before the target.

Similar personnel are regularly published on Ukrainian social networks - in September 2023, CNN journalists stated that it was evidence of Ukraine's involvement in Africa events. It should be noted that the representative of the Ministry of Defense GUR Andriy Yusov commented on the publications of the Western media, which spoke about the actions of Ukrainian intelligence. According to him, he can neither confirm nor refute such videos.

However, he emphasized that Ukraine will act everywhere, where he will try to harm the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, the emergence of Sudan shells on the front line in Ukraine was known in August 2023. In particular, the Armed Forces fighters showed a mine of 120 mm caliber with the appropriate marking, which was used to strike on the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Donetsk region.