The Russian Foreign Ministry reported casualties among Russian troops of the Afrika Korps after an attack by Tuareg militants in Mali
Several members of the African Corps were killed during a rebel attack in Mali, said Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Georgy Borisenko. On April 25, during a “coordinated attack,” two groups of militants attacked the armed forces in Mali in many parts of the country, as well as units of the Afrika Korps, Borisenko said. “As a result, there are casualties on our part,” the deputy minister said. Tuareg separatists have captured the city of Kidal in northern Mali.