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Kremlin Cultivates Libyan Warlord for Naval Base in Tobruk and New Front in Migrant War on the West

From its new strongholds on the Libyan coast, Russian Kalibr cruise missiles could hit almost any target in Western Europe.

Hellenic Coast Guard via AP
Scores of people sit on a battered fishing boat that later capsized and sank off southern Greece. Hellenic Coast Guard via AP
JAMES BROOKE
JAMES BROOKE

May was Russia’s bloodiest month in its 28-month war against Ukraine — 38,940 soldiers dead or seriously wounded. This mountain of casualties did not stop the Kremlin from sending 2,000 soldiers and thousands of tons of military equipment to the eastern half of Libya, controlled by a warlord at Benghazi.

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JAMES BROOKE
JAMES BROOKE

Mr. Brooke has traveled to about 100 countries reporting for the New York Times, Bloomberg, and Voice of America. He reported from Russia for eight years and from Ukraine for six years, coming home in 2021.

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