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BIZARRE: Russia woos haftar but can the derna floods give libyans another chance | Mind Blowing Facts

Khalifa Haftar Libya Russia United States Derna YunusBek Yevkurov Benghazi Yevgeny Prigozhin Moscow Europe

A file photo of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (left) meeting Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar (right) taken January 13, 2020, in Moscow. © Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP

Moscow seized the disaster diplomacy initiative after the deadly Derna floods, with Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov arriving in eastern Libya with a promise of aid. Russia is helping Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar while seeking geostrategic payback. But the Derna tragedy has also drawn the US back into Libya, and that could be a game-changer.

On a moonless night shortly after two dams in the port city of Derna collapsed, killing thousands, a hulking Russian Ilyushin IL-76 military cargo aircraft landed at an airport near Benghazi in eastern Libya.

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