Ukrainian military forces are operating in western Libya and were behind a recent attack on a Russian tanker in the Mediterranean, an RFI investigation has found. The findings point to a largely covert confrontation between Kyiv and Moscow as they compete for influence on Libyan territory, four years into their conflict.
On 4 March, Moscow accused Ukraine, with support from British intelligence, of attacking the Russian tanker Arctic Metagaz from the Libyan coast.
