Bangladesh, Sept. 20 -- The conflict in Ukraine has largely been a Western proxy attrition war against Russia, as even notoriously pro-Western analysts will admit — and as Secretary of State Marco Rubio himself has. Kyiv, heavily reliant on Western arms and financial transfers, has acted as the forward line of a larger geostrategic confrontation. Yet, the conflicts spillover is no longer confined to Europe. Reports increasingly point to its shadowy operations in Africa, where it has allegedly assisted separatists and possibly even terrorist-designated groups. This raises the question: is Ukraine overreaching?

In yet another underreported development, Moscow has recently claimed that Kyiv is using its embassies to support armed grou...