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The UK Ministry of Defense in its intelligence report said Russian private military company Wagner has likely succeeded in making tactical advances in the Donbas around the Vuhlehirska Power Plant and the nearby village of Novoluhanske.
“Some Ukrainian forces have likely withdrawn from the area,” the ministry said.
The ministry in the report said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is currently undertaking a tour of Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda, and the Republic of the Congo.
“Russia will highly likely seek to exploit the visits to blame the West for the international food crisis and win the support of African states which have otherwise remained neutral about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” the MoD said in a tweet.
Since 2014, the report said that Russia has made major steps to consolidate its influence in Africa, with Wagner regularly serving as one of its preferred tools of influence in the area.
“Russia probably primarily engages with Africa because it believes it will enhance the ‘Great Power’ identity Russia aspires to,” the ministry said.
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