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Lancet loitering munition first confirmed combat use in Africa, targeting Mali militants

Published 27 June 2026

Russia’s African Corps has published footage of a ZALA Lancet loitering munition destroying a militant pickup truck in the Timbuktu region of Mali, marking the first publicly confirmed use of the Lancet on the African continent. A ZALA Z-16 reconnaissance UAV was used for target acquisition and cueing — the same ISR-to-loitering-strike pairing routinely employed in Ukraine.

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Boris Rozhin (Colonel Cassad) adversary24 Jun 2026 Open the post

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