In northern Mali, rebels reported the killing and wounding of dozens of soldiers and mercenaries from the Wagner PMC. The Malian army confirmed the loss of two soldiers, and Russian bloggers reported the deaths of at least 20 Wagnerites.
Ukraine, as an independent state, first joined the UN peacekeeping contingents in 1992 in Yugoslavia, where a bloody civil war was taking place.
The military leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger signed a pact to create a new "Confederation of Sahel States" at their first summit in Niamey.
The European Union is withdrawing all personnel from its EUTM military training mission in Mali, marking the end of a mission that has trained more than 20,000 members of the Malian Armed Forces since 2013.
EU ambassadors approve €30 million in non-lethal military aid to Georgia from the European Peace Fund.
Russian troops entered the US military base in Niger after the Nigerian junta expelled US troops from the country.
The Russian military command is preparing to redeploy some former members of the Wagner Group from the African Corps to the Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border due to delays in the formation of the corps and the need for additional forces in the war against Ukraine.
In Mali, a drone strike by the Malian army killed 13 civilians, including 7 children, who were seeking refuge in the town of Amasrakad in the Gao region.
The draw ceremony for the 2024 Olympic football tournaments, in which the Ukrainian national team is a participant in the men's competition, will take place on March 20 at 9:00 PM Kyiv time in Saint-Denis, Paris.
