Currently, the US has about 100 soldiers stationed in the Republic of Chad to implement part of its strategy to combat extremism in West Africa. However, Western powers such as the United States and the European Union seem to be having difficulty in the Sahel region.
According to Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder, “USAFRICOM Africa Command is currently planning to redeploy some military forces in Chad and a portion of that has been planned. plans to leave this African country. This is a temporary step after assessments of security cooperation between the two countries and cooperation will continue after the results of the Presidential election of the Republic of Chad taking place on May 6.” .
Already, countries across Africa, including Chad, Central African Republic, Mali and Libya, have turned to Russia for security assistance. Most recently, in Niger, the US was forced to plan to withdraw 1,100 troops from this country in the next few months.
75 soldiers from the US Army special forces are also expected to begin withdrawing from the Republic of Chad this weekend. The withdrawal is expected to be completed within days, unless there are other last-minute diplomatic developments. Chad’s Air Force Commander also recently asked the US military to suspend operations at an air base near the capital N’Djamena.
* The Russian army received more T-90M Proryv tanks
According to Bulgarian Military, on May 6, the Uralvagonzavod factory shipped a batch of T-90M Proryv tanks from Nizhny Tagil city. The number of new tanks released from the factory has been confirmed by factory media representatives. According to the plan, these T-90 tanks will be handed over to the Russian army, just one week after the Uralvagonzavod factory handed over the batch of T-72B3M tanks. However, no one yet knows the exact number of T-90 tanks delivered this time.
The Russian army recently received about 11 more T-90M Proryv tanks. Photo: Bulgarian Military
An anonymous factory employee at Nizhny Tagil said: “The factory staff worked tirelessly, ensuring advanced military technology for the army, meeting deadlines and maintaining production on schedule. State orders. Efficiency and speed are the backbone of our operations, helping the production of tanks and armored vehicles increase steadily each month. We are always motivated to improve the technical and tactical features of these combat vehicles.”
Recently, on the Russian social network VKontakte, the Uralvagonzavod factory posted a brief but informative video introducing the testing and production process of the T-90M Proryv tank. The video ends with a panoramic image of tanks loaded onto trains, ready to depart. Through observing the images in the video, it is estimated that about 11 T-90M tanks were loaded onto the ship to hand over to the military. Notably, just 6 weeks ago (March 12), the Russian army also received a batch of T-90M Proryv tanks from the Uralvagonzavod railway depot.
In the early stages of Russia’s special military campaign in Ukraine, T-90M tanks rarely appeared. However, Moscow has increased production of this formidable tank model and currently the Uralvagonzavod factory has the exclusive right to produce T-90M tanks, ensuring supply and meeting the military’s needs.
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* Today’s World Military column on the People’s Army Electronic Newspaper sends readers the latest information on world military security and defense activities in the past 24 hours.