Russia says it helped the military regime in Niger Republic repel a coup.
In a viral video interview, Viktor Voropaïev, Russian ambassador to Niger, said the Nigerien government requested its assistance in quelling the mutiny, which lasted for hours between 28 and 29 August.
“The rebels who organised these demonstrations have been neutralised, particularly thanks to the intervention of Africa Corps military personnel from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation,” Sahel Alert quoted Mr Voropaïev as saying.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that mutinous soldiers abandoned their frontline positions to stage a fight with presidential elite forces in what analysts described as an attempt to oust the military junta in the francophone country.
The fighting disrupted state broadcast services in Niger.
