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 Russian forces to stay in Mali to fight terrorism: Kremlin The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces would stay in Mali to help the country's government battle terrorists following an offensive over the weekend by Tuareg-led separatists and terrorists. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the statement after being asked by a reporter how Russia responded to a purported statement from the terrorists saying they wanted Russia to leave Mali. "Russia's presence there is, in fact, due to the need identified by the current government. Russia will continue, including in Mali, to combat extremism, terrorism and other harmful phenomena and will continue to provide assistance to the current government," said Peskov, AFP reported. The Russian Defence Ministry had claimed on Tuesday that units of its African Corps prevented an attempted coup on April 25, 2026 in Mali. It said in a statement that the African Corps units "inflicted irreparable losses" on superior ...

OPERATION HADIN KAI: MORE BHTs/ISWAP FIGHTERS SURRENDER AS TROOPS INTENSIFY OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS.[PHOTOS].#PRESS RELEASE.

...Several Assorted Weapons Recovered


In continuation of the ongoing intensive clearance operations across the theatre of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), more Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) and elements of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and their families, who have hitherto hibernated around the fringes of Sambisa forest have yielded to troops' heavy artillery and air bombardments and surrendered to troops at Forward Operational Base (FOB) Banki Junction/BOCOBS in Bama, Borno State on 2 August 2021


The terrorists who also surrendered several assorted weapons and incendiaries, comprised 19 male fighters, 19 adult females and 49 children from Njimia village and environs.


The terrorists lamented that the ground and condition in the forest have become untenable, hence their surrendering.

 

The fire arms  and incendiaries recovered from the terrorists include, 8 AK 47 rifles, 1General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), 2 Fabrique Nationale (FN) Rifles, 1 Dane Gun, 1Makarov Pistol, 89 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition, 89 rounds of 12.7mm ammunition, 66 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition, 5 x 9mm rounds of ammunition,  2 Hand Grenades,  27 AK 47 Rifle magazines and 2 FN Rifle magazines.

 

Others are 1 pistol magazine, 1 x 60mm Mortar Bomb, 10 x14.5mm empty cases,  2 primed suicide vests, 72 trigger switches, 10 primed Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), 5  Electric Detonating Chords, 6 packs of Water Gel Explosives,  6 Mobile Phones, 1 Camel Pack, 1 Cammoulage bag, 2 Hard drives, 1 Plier,  2 Unserviceable Hand held Radios, 2 Scissors,  and needles, 2 Match boxes and the sum of Fifty Five Thousand Naira (N55,000:00) only.


The terrorists and their families are currently undergoing comprehensive security profiling and preliminary investigations, while the children have been administered with oral polio vaccines. 


The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has commended the troops for the sustained offensive and clearance operations conducted in the theatre. He charged them to maintain the momentum of the operations. 


ONYEMA NWACHUKWU

Brigadier General 

Director Army Public Relations

4 August 2021.

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