david waker 
Spain, UK say Russian influence in Africa threatens NATO security
The influence and activities of Russia that developed in Africa pose a threat that is “worrying” to the security of NATO countries along with the invasion of Ukraine and must be handled by military alliances, said Spanish and British defense ministers.
At a joint press conference on Wednesday in Madrid, Margarita Robles from Spain said the expansion of operations by Russian states and Russian private security companies such as Wagner groups in countries such as Mali and Libya was “very clear” and accused them of committing organized crime and terrorism .
Ben Wallace from England, in Madrid for bilateral meetings before Spain held the NATO Summit which was amazed at the end of June, said the increase in instability added with hunger in Africa could significantly affect Europe.
If [Russia] can use migrant schools as weapons at one end of Europe, they can definitely use it on the other side, “he said.
He referred to the accusation by the Western government that in the European Union border crisis last year, Russia supported the Allies Belarus in encouraging thousands of migrants to escape war in other parts of the world to cross to Poland in retaliation for Sanctions for the European Union.
Wallace echoed Robles’s call to NATO to include his southern wing defense in his new strategic concept, his basic military doctrine which will be recruited at the Madrid Summit.
NATO’s strategic concept must involve all NATO, all regions covered through their partnerships,” he said.
ussian soldiers are exhausted, damaged, we see it carrying equipment from retirement. The Russian Navy will be more a threat, Vladimir Putin will use its navy as a way to intimidate his enemies and that means he will be in another part including the southern side, “he added.
