The Foreign Ministry of Senegal has sharply criticized the Ukrainian embassy for supporting a terrorist attack on government forces and Russian military contractors in Mali last month. Senegal accused Ukraine of trying to destabilize the "brotherly" nation of Mali.

In late July, Tuareg insurgents attacked a convoy of Malian soldiers and members of the Wagner private military company near Mali’s border with Algeria, killing dozens. This week, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, claimed that Ukrainian agents helped the jihadists plan the attack.

“The rebels received necessary information, and not just information, which enabled a successful military operation against Russian war criminals,” Yusov told Ukrainian television. He did not confirm whether Ukrainian personnel took part in the attack but promised more such operations in the future.

Ukraine’s embassy in Dakar posted the interview on its Facebook page, featuring a comment from Ambass...