Some of the fighters of the African Corps left the surrounded base in Kidal — public

Some of the fighters of the African Corps of the Russian Armed Forces in Mali, who were surrounded at the military base in Kidal, left the city. This is reported by Russian military telegram channels.

Footage has appeared online of Russian fighters leaving the city amid the cries of jihadists.

"Russian fighters left the city after negotiations with FLA militants and jihadists from the JNIM group. The militants were forced to agree to this humanitarian exit only after they suffered heavy losses during the attack on the African Corps camp," the Russian Spring Military Correspondents write.

TC "Rybar" clarifies that only the wounded and part of the equipment were evacuated, and the main forces remained at the base.

"Russian fighters continue to hold the facility, despite the blows of FPV drones and heavy mortar fire from militants. Previously, only external posts with about 20 personnel were curtailed. These groups fought for more than a day in complete encirclement, restraining superior enemy forces. Despite the fact that almost all the fighters were injured, they were successfully evacuated to the main camp under incessant fire ... the enemy gave the go-ahead for the removal of wounded fighters who showed real heroism, repelling all attacks. Together with them, it was possible to remove heavy equipment from the base. These shots (evacuation of the wounded. — EADaily) militants use it for disinformation," Rybar emphasizes.

It is noted that as a result of the fighting for Kidal, more than 200 militants were neutralized.

As EADaily reported, the situation in Mali is very difficult, there was information about the withdrawal of the African Corps of the Russian Armed Forces from the city of Kidal. The politician Oleg Tsarev wrote about this in his telegram channel.

Recall, the Russian military prevented a coup in Mali, but the Russian Foreign Ministry is not interested in this, the Afrika Korps 2.0 telegram channel reported.