The Central African Armed Forces (FACA) in two months were able to recapture about 30 cities from the militants with the support of military instructors from Russia. The successes of Russian specialists in the country were revealed in an interview with RIA Novosti by the general director of the Commonwealth of Officers for International Security (SOMB) Alexander Ivanov.
In most cases, he said, Russian instructors play the role of motivators for the CAR military who are fighting the rebels. In addition, they ensure the safety of the movement of convoys along the Beloko-Bangui corridor, along which the cities of the country are supplied with food and basic necessities.
As Ivanov noted, at present in the north of the CAR there are still cities that are under the control of militants. At the same time, in a number of cases, the rebels surrender them without a fight when the Central African army approaches, accompanied by allies from Russia and Rwanda. In particular, a similar situation developed in the city of Mobeyi in the south of the country: the militants began to leave their positions after government troops with foreign instructors occupied the settlement of Alindao, a few kilometers from Mobeyi.
Russia in December 2020, at the request of the CAR authorities, sent 300 military instructors to the country. It was clarified that on the spot they would train the servicemen of the republic's national army. At the same time, information appeared that Russian mercenaries began to help the CAR army – they were noticed 130 kilometers north-west of the republic's capital, Bangui, along with mercenaries from Rwanda and representatives of the FACA.
