ABD Afrika Komutanlığı: Wagner Libya’da şimdiden iki savaş uçağı kaybetti - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Jared Szuba

Jared Szuba

Eyl 11, 2020

ABD Afrika Komutanlığı Rusya’nın Halife Hafter’e destek için Libya’ya gönderdiği iki Mig-29 uçağının düştüğünü açıkladı. Fotoğraf Sırbistan’ın başkenti Belgrad semalarında eğitim uçuşu yapan bir Mig-29’a ait, 11 Eylül 2010. — Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images.

English

Kıdemli bir ABD'li askeri yetkili bugün Rusya’nın General Halife Hafter’e destek için bu yıl başında Libya’ya konuşlandırdığı savaş uçaklarından ikisinin düştüğünü açıkladı.

ABD Afrika Komutanlığı’na göre Libya’ya sevkiyatlarına ilk olarak mayıs ayında başlandığı bildirilen bir düzineden fazla Rus uçağı Wagner milislerine bağlı pilotlar tarafından uçuruluyor.

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