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They remained motionless for long periods, waiting to ambush unsuspecting prey.

Many tankers have been set on fire, while drivers and soldiers have been killed or kidnapped in jihadist ambushes.

On Tuesday, dozens of tanker trucks were ambushed as they brought fuel to relieve the Malian capital on a road that normally brings goods.

That last promise vaporized early on, after Volodymyr Zelensky stormed out of the White House following an Oval Office ambush in February.

Recordings of those calls, obtained by ProPublica, captured some of the terror residents felt as they watched masked men ambush people and force them into unmarked cars.