Russian Foreign Ministry: Military Situation in Libya Is Deteriorating

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that the situation in Libya continues to deteriorate.

A statement issued by the ministry warned that the ceasefire in that north African country is completely broken.

The ministry's spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the military and political situation in Libya "is still deteriorating.

Zakharova added that the truce announced last January was thwarted," and the fighting erupted on the front-lines in the country, especially in the western parts and the surroundings of the capital.

Zakharova warned that further delay in dealing with the crisis and prolonging it threaten Libya and its people who have long suffered serious consequences.

She delivered a speech at a conference via closed communication means of the Moscow Diplomatic Club, reported by the Russian news agency, Sputnik.

The civil war in Libya broke out 9 years ago following the toppling of the dictatorial regime led by Muammar al-Gaddafi.

After a meeting in Istanbul on January 8 this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called the parties of the Libyan crisis in Libya to end hostilities and declare a truce.

On the other hand, the US military command in Africa, (known by its acronym as AFRICOM), announced last Wednesday that at least 14 newly arrived Russian aircraft arrived at the Al-Jafra airbase in south Libya, to support the Russian mercenaries working for Wagner security corporation.

Russian sources did not deny this news, except Vladimir Dzabarov, first deputy of Chair of the Foreign Affairs at the Council of the Russian Federation, who said that the council had not received any request to agree to send military personnel to Libya.

Despite Moscow's repeated calls for the importance of a ceasefire, it abstained from voting on a resolution in this regard before the UN Security Council, on February 13.

Her delegate, Vasily Nebenzia, explained his country's position by saying: Russia, while welcoming the outputs of the Berlin Conference, would have preferred not to rush to issue such a decision.