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Russian Military Instructors Helped Repel Three Militant Attacks in CAR This Week

© Photo The Officers Union for International SecurityAn instructor from the Officers Union for International Security training an African soldier.
An instructor from the Officers Union for International Security training an African soldier. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 04.05.2025
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Russian Military Instructors Helped Repel Three Militant Attacks in CAR This Week

Militants, affiliated to the Azande tribe, have recently attacked the Central African Armed Forces' positions in the Zemio town in the south-east of the country, the Officers Union for International Security said in a statement.

Casualties:

⦁ Russia: one instructor wounded.
⦁ CAR: four soldiers killed, two wounded.
⦁ Militants: at least eight killed.

MINUSCA peacekeepers provided little assistance in repelling the attack in the initial phase. However, they later joined the night search operations.
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