Army of Sudan engages in combat with paramilitary groups

The Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group have accused each other of attacking their respective bases in the capital, Khartoum. The RSF claims that its fighters have seized the presidential palace and an international airport, and that it has inflicted heavy casualties on the Sudanese army. Eyewitnesses are quoted as describing gunfire in several parts of Khartoum and its suburbs, particularly in the vicinity of Sudan’s army headquarters and the Defense Ministry. The Sudanese air force is conducting strikes on RSF bases in Khartoum. The confrontation between the army and the powerful paramilitary group has been simmering for months, with the Sudanese army leadership accusing the RSF of deploying forces to Khartoum without its consent, denouncing the move as a “violation of the law.” Moscow’s envoy in Khartoum has advised Russian citizens to stay home and not go near any windows.

Moscow hopes the conflict will “exit the military armed phase and turn into negotiations between the warring sides.” The Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group have accused each other of attacking their respective bases in the capital, Khartoum. The RSF claims that its fighters have seized the presidential palace and an international airport, and that it has inflicted heavy casualties on the Sudanese army. Eyewitnesses are quoted as describing gunfire in several parts of Khartoum and its suburbs, particularly in the vicinity of Sudan’s army headquarters and the Defense Ministry. The Sudanese air force is conducting strikes on RSF bases in Khartoum. The confrontation between the army and the powerful paramilitary group has been simmering for months, with the Sudanese army leadership accusing the RSF of deploying forces to Khartoum without its consent, denouncing the move as a “violation of the law.” Moscow’s envoy in Khartoum has advised Russian citizens to stay home and not go near any windows. Moscow hopes the conflict will “exit the military armed phase and turn into negotiations between the warring sides.”