Red Sea Military Region Commander Briefs Diplomatic Missions and Organizations on Developments

Lieutenant General Mahjoub Bushra, Commander of the Red Sea Military Region, briefed diplomatic and consular missions and representatives of international and regional organizations accredited in Sudan today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Port Sudan on developments in the security situation.

Bushra stated that Port Sudan was subjected to an attack at 3:30 AM this morning, which continued until 7:00 AM, by several drones targeting the radar station in Flamingo, Osman Digna Air Base, and some important civilian strategic facilities in the city.

He confirmed that all 11 suicide drones were dealt with by air defenses, brought under control, and completely neutralized. Number of the drones fell into the sea due to the measures taken, and seven of them are now in our hands.

He added that during the air defense battle with these drones, a strategic drone attacked Osman Digna Air Base, causing some material damage to the base. He confirmed that there were no human losses other than some minor injuries among base personnel.

He said that the goal of the suicide drone attack was to cover up the attack on the strategic aircraft and distract the air defense systems from the main strategic aircraft.

He added that Port Sudan Airport was closed to protect lives until the danger was removed and that the airport would resume operations today at 5:00 PM.

The commander of the military region confirmed that the situation was completely under control and said, “We are capable of confronting such aircraft.”