Emails meant for US sent to Kremlin ally Mali after UK ministry of defence blunder

The same error in the US was revealed last week to have resulted in millions of military emails going to Mali.

A ‘small number’ of emails intended for the Pentagon were sent to Mali (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

The British ministry of defence (MoD)has launched an investigation after officials unwittingly sent emails containing classified information to a close Russian ally because of a typing error.

A “small number” of emails intended for the Pentagon were sent to Mali because of the accidental omission of an “i” from an email address.