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As the situation in the Middle East heats up, the war between Russia and Ukraine is also quietly spilling over. Recently, the Russian mercenary group Wagner was attacked while cooperating with government forces in Mali, Africa, to fight against rebel forces.Tuareg rebels attackedThe Wagner Group suffered heavy losses, with dozens of mercenaries killed, includingIncluding Commander Shevchenko。

It is reported that at that timeTuareg rebels near the town of Tinzawatten, suddenly using heavy weapons, drones, andSuicide bombing, attackedWagner and the Malian government forces,At least 84 Wagner mercenaries and 47 Malian soldiers were killed.Afterwards, a Ukrainian media released a photo claiming thatObtained from Ukrainian defense and security personnel, it records Tuareg rebels holding up the Ukrainian flag after the battle to thank Ukraine for its support.

Although the authenticity of this photo has not yet been determined, the fact that the Ukrainian army participated in the attack is already a foregone conclusion. Because a few days ago, the spokesman of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Intelligence Directorate Yusov personally admitted that the Mali rebels obtained key intelligence from the Ukrainian side and successfully launched the attack on "Wagner".

This statement immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the Malian transitional government, which immediately announced thatBecause the Ukrainian authorities' actions violated Mali's sovereignty and constituted obvious "aggression", the country decided to immediately sever diplomatic relations with Ukraine.

It is worth mentioning that this is the second time that the Ukrainian army has attacked Russia's overseas armed forces in less than half a month. Before the attack on the "Wagner" this time, the Ukrainian army also attacked a Russian airport near Aleppo, Syria. It is not difficult to see that Ukraine is launching a global offensive against Russia to increase the military losses of Russia in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

However, when the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is facing a spillover crisis, several questions may linger in the minds of many people: How can the Ukrainian army attack Russian military presence around the world when its defense force is seriously insufficient at home? Moreover, why did Ukraine take the initiative to admit that it supports the Malian rebels and deliberately create external conflicts when it has recently claimed that it wants to resolve the conflict as soon as possible? Based on the current situation, there are probably two possibilities for these two questions.

First, although Kiev claims to want to negotiate, it still insists on taking back all the territories currently controlled by Russia, so the peace plan currently proposed cannot meet Moscow's vision. Now, the two sides still have sharp differences over the ownership of the territory. Russia is likely to insist on the attitude of "no peace talks if it does not recognize the referendum of the four eastern Ukrainian states to return to Russia" and further consolidate its battlefield advantage by advancing military operations. In this case, Kiev may want to use this external pressure to force Russia to make concessions on the negotiation issue in order to reduce its losses around the world.

Another possibility is that it is covering up NATO's further anti-Russian actions. After all, Ukraine took the initiative to admit its involvement in the attack even though it knew the identity of the Malian rebels. This makes people wonder whether these attacks across multiple continents, which are aimed only at Russia, were planned by Ukraine itself, or whether NATO is using Ukraine's name to undermine Russia's deployment around the world, and Ukraine is trying to gain more support by covering up for them.

Of course, no matter which possibility is true, one conclusion can be drawn: Ukraine's actions have once again escalated the confrontation with Russia. Originally, the conflict between the two countries was expected to gradually cool down, and even resume dialogue, but now that Ukraine openly supports rebels in other countries, Russia obviously has more reason to retaliate and further escalate its summer offensive. At the same time, the spillover of the crisis has also made the outside world more worried. The West's tough attitude towards this conflict may be pushing the situation in a more dangerous direction.

Therefore, this approach of stimulating the situation will not only fail to help Ukraine realize its claims, but will also plunge itself into a deeper quagmire. In the future, whether the West will personally intervene and confront Russia head-on, Ukraine will become a victim of the game between the two sides. Peace talks are the only way to politically resolve the Ukrainian issue and allow Ukraine to gain more support from the international community. On the contrary, step by step into the "aid" trap set by the United States and the West will only get further and further away from peace.