As fighting intensifies in Mali between the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) – who are being backed by Russia’s Africa Corps insurgent groups – and rebel groups, Bellingcat has verified two recent strikes that used Shahed-136 type kamikaze drones. Video footage of the strikes provides the clearest open-source evidence to date documenting this drone model’s operational use in the conflict https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07/24/shahed-type-drones-filmed-during-attack-on-mali-villages/?utm_source=mastodon