Putin is preparing to support Libyan Hafter Forces

NEWS DESK

Russia has already begun deploying special forces and troops training the troops of Khalifa Hafter, a Libyan military commander opposed to the government backed by the United Nations, the United States and the European Union.

sources in the British government said that "under the disguise of the private military firm Wagner, Russia has established military bases in Tobruq and Benghazi on the north-eastern coast of Libya, and may have already sent S-300 and Kalibr anti-aircraft defense systems to the country."

Russia has sent elite paratroopers from Moscow, RBC quoted sources in the Russian Defense Ministry and sources close to the Libyan government.

The sources claim that the deployment began in recent months, and is linked to the Russian "oil interests" in the region.

In 2016, General Hafter visited Moscow twice, met with the Russian defense minister, the foreign minister, and the secretary of the Security Council in order to secure their support and Hafter receives support from Moscow, Egypt and the UAE.

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