Thousands of miles from the frontlines in Ukraine, where the Kremlin's war machine is steadily grinding forward, Russian forces face a potentially catastrophic situation in the West African nation of Mali as Al-Qaeda-loyal militants close in on the capital. Jihadi fighters of Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), or "the Support Group for Islam and Muslims," have repeatedly rebuffed attempted counteroffensives by government forces and allied personnel of Russia's Africa Corps, the

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