The russian military in Mali (official name the Republic of Mali - a state in northwestern Africa - LB.ua) was involved in the mass executions of civilians. This was reported by Human Rights Watch, citing 27 sources, including merchants, public figures, diplomats, and security analysts.
According to human rights activists, at the end of March 2022, the Malay army and affiliated foreign soldiers executed about 300 people.
Several unnamed Human Rights Watch sources have identified foreign soldiers as russian. Russian security forces executed several hundred people detained on March 27 in Moore during the armed conflict.
Since January 2020, residents of Moore have been informing human rights activists of the presence of "white men who do not speak French" in the area. Human Rights Watch's sources identified the men as russian, as in December 2021 the Mali transitional government had announced the presence of “russian instructors” in the country in accordance with a bilateral agreement.
According to the organization, the "vast majority" of those killed were men from the ethnic Fulani pastoralists. The survivors claimed that the men were killed by Malian soldiers and "white soldiers". Human rights activists have named this event the "worst atrocity" in 10 years in Mali.
Earlier, the Mali Ministry of Defense reported that by the end of March, the army had killed more than 200 terrorists and arrested another 51 people.
In late February 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron declared that after a decade the country and its allies would soon withdraw their troops from Mali.