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Russian ships carrying armor and military equipment have docked in the Libyan city of Tobruk, despite the country facing a shortage of armored vehicles following heavy losses in Ukraine, according to Militarnyi, an open-source intelligence project. The shipment includes armored personnel carriers, mine-resistant vehicles, and at least three Tornado-U armored trucks, as seen in imagery published by the project.

This is the second such delivery to Tobruk under naval escort this year, following a similar shipment in August. Russia is currently funding construction work at six Libyan air bases, some of which are used to support the movement of weapons and personnel to Sudan and the Sahel region. The Africa Corps, a Russian-run force in Africa, has already established military bases across the continent, including in Mali, using these supplies to bolster the support it provides to autocratic leaders and armed groups.

The cargo ships involved in the latest shipment, the Anastasiia, Yuriy Arshenevskiy, and Aleksandr Shabalin, crossed the Mediterranean without broadcasting Automatic Identification System data, which is typically used to reveal a ship's location.