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Russian troops reportedly leave Burkina Faso due to Kursk incursion

A Russian private military company with links to Russia’s Defense Ministry is withdrawing from Burkina Faso due to Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk Oblast, French newspaper Le Monde reported on Aug. 29.

According to Le Monde, the 100-strong unit known as the Bears Brigade arrived in the West African nation of Burkina Faso in May to support the junta of Captain Ibrahim Traore, who came to power in a coup in September 2022.

Traore visited Russia in July 2023 for a Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and attended Russian Navy Day celebrations.

Around 300 Russian troops are estimated to be deployed in Burkina Faso, Le Monde said.

Le Monde contacted the commander of the Bears Brigade, Viktor Yermolaev, via Telegram, on Aug. 22, after Ukraine launched its incursion into Kursk Oblast on Aug. 10.

“When the enemy arrives on our Russian territory, all Russian soldiers forget about internal problems and unite against a common enemy,” Yermolaev told Le Monde.

InvertedParallax ,

Keep it up till they pull out of Ukraine.

Hell, let’s see if we can get them out of Russia at this rate, make the whole country a better place.

The first country the Nazis invaded was Germany.

Stamau123 OP ,

Who could have forseen this? Russia Is so reliable with their military partners, just ask Armenia

cheese_greater , (edited )

WHUT internal problems?

—Putin, snarling menacingly

small44 ,

Good, i don’t like any foreign power in any country

wewbull ,

Not such good news for Ukraine though. They’ll be fighting trained experienced troops rather than barely-out-of-boot-camp conscripts they are currently facing.

billiam0202 ,

I don’t think a 100-man “brigade” is going to make too much difference, trained or not.

jaybone ,

I thought they sent 300 to Burkina Faso. Either way that seems incredibly small against what they are likely facing from Ukraine.

billiam0202 ,

The article isn’t really clear. It says a 100-man “brigade” who are a PMC and aren’t Russian military went to BF last year, but that there are 300 Russian troops there now.

ours ,

True but this isn’t static frontline combat over there. It’s maneuver warfare that requires mobility, intel and combined arms.

If their trucks get Himarsed on the road in, the skill of the soldiers matters little.

sirico ,
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Dilemmas not problems

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