Ukraine has a military presence in Libya and the attack on the Russian gas carrier Arctic Metagaz in the Mediterranean Sea was carried out by the Ukrainian military. This is the result of an investigation by French public broadcaster RFI.
According to its two anonymous sources in Libya, more than 200 Ukrainian officers and specialists are stationed in the country. Some of them are based at the Air Force Academy in the city of Misrata, where Turkish and Italian forces are also stationed, as well as the US Africa Command and the British intelligence centre.
