🚨🇲🇱 Starting a thread here on the massive attacks that started today on malian / russian positions in different cities including ; Bamako - Kidal - Kati and few other locations.
Bookmark it so you keep yourself updated on key informations ⬇️
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2/ One malian helicopter down
3/ JNIM in Kati
4/ Bamako Senou airport attacks
5/ Urban Warfare in Kati
6/ Footage this morning from the house of the malian defence minister blown up by VBIED.
Loud explosion that was heard km aways
7/ US embassy in Mali confirm the attacks at Bamako airport and asks its citizens to avoid any travel.
8/ Bourem camp (Nothern Mali) is now owned by JNIM
9/ Social medias accounts warns about ongoing clashes in Mamaribougou and Djicoronicoura.
Local sources confirm the JNIM has taken control of the customs office (cc @SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ )
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 10/ Video from Kidal were the JNIM took control over an oil station.
Remember oil is a huge issue in Mali since few months after various shortages and now due to the tensions with Iran. Some cities has been out of electricity for weeks now.
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 11/ FLA troops has now the control over Kidal and went inside Kidal governorate.
The governor withdrew.
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 12/ More footage from Sadio Camarra’s (Malian defence minister) house which was targeted by JNIM in which is believed to be a VBIED attack.
Rumors has been saying he was kidnapped, and the Chief of Staff of malian army killed. Nothing confirmed as for now.
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 13/ A Niger 🇳🇪 Air Force plane landed in Burkina Faso - Bobo Dialousso.
Unclear why for now but this could be a hint for other aes states to send few troops to support Mali.
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 14/ More footage from Gao with FLA and/or JNIM units entering the city.
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 15/ second official statement made by malian army
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 16/ both JNIM & FLA are now inside Gao
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 17/ Visual confirmation of JNIM entering Sévaré @SaladinAlDronni
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 18/ It seems like both russians and malians are now releasing footages and videos of their counter attacks showing dead bodies abandoned vehicles including drones.
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 19/ Footage of Bourem, capture an hour ago by FLA.
20/ Footage showing JNIM commander Abdourhamane Zaza, and his troops stealing stuff from the malian tuareg general El Hadj Ag Gamou in Kidal governorate building.
Zaza was the JNIM commander in charge of the Tinzawaten attack back in july 2024 which led to the death of multiple Wagner members and considered as one of the biggest russian loss.
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 21/ More footage from Sévaré.
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 22/ first images of malian soldiers being taken hostage by FLA.
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ 23/ Geolocation work done by @aeowinpact (cc @detresfa_ ) (1)
@SaladinAlDronni @BrantPhilip_ @aeowinpact @detresfa_ 24/ (2) geolocation
25/ (3) Geolocation in Kidal
26/ More footage showing malian prisoners released on social networks.
I assume they are held prisonners by JNIM.
27/ Geolocation Kidal
28/ Since this morning the malian army released 2 communiqué saying the situation was in control.
The government also released phone numbers to reach out for civilians.
The national TV released a special intervention asking citizens to stay calm, and more importantly to not record any incident and publish it and rather to follow only the malian army communiqué.
29/ Heavy clashes are still reported at Sévaré.
One helicopter conducted at least 4 airstrikes before leaving the area while ground forces are still fighting.
Situation remains unclear.
30/ The French DGAC (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) has issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) instructing all French airlines not to land at Bamako airport and to maintain high altitude while flying over Mali.
NOTAM is in place until 27 April
31/ Calm is back in Bamako and vicinity.
Seen videos of tuareg bodies (assuming its JNIM) lynched by crowd.
One of them is tied to a rope attached to a car, which is dragging him through the streets.
Obviously not publishing anything gore.
32/ few days before the attacks, malian authorities had an emergency meeting to reinforce security ..
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