Speaking about the rescue operation in Sudan, the General Directorate of Intelligence notes that this task was much more difficult than the rescue mission in Afghanistan in 2021. This was reported by the press service of the GUR of Ukraine..

“There was a special forces group in the amount of less than 10 people. Compared to the rescue operations of the United States, which involved helicopters, armored vehicles, special forces, or Saudi Arabia, which involved a missile cruiser in the port of Sudan, we acted independently without armored vehicles, aircraft, heavy weapons, because all our forces are now involved at the front. Scout Yarem, who participated in the special operation.

According to him, this operation was much more complicated than the one that was carried out in Afghanistan, because there was an American military base, forces, a point of departure, etc..

The representative of the GUR said that in Sudan, one route could have more than 40-50 checkpoints of unidentified forces, with which it was impossible to contact or coordinate.

Yarema said that Sudan went into chaos with shooting, artillery duels and the use of aircraft directly in cities, including Khartoum, the capital of this African state, from where Ukrainian citizens had to be quickly rescued..

“The civil war was provoked by the Russian Federation, because 1.5 months before the start of hostilities, Lavrov came there, he brought some equipment. RSF fighters were trained in Wagner camps, Ukrainian military intelligence officer clarified.

Separately, the department added that most of the rescued Ukrainians worked in Sudan in the aviation industry..

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Earlier media reported that skirmishes and heavy artillery clashes continued in parts of the Sudanese capital Khartoumi on Saturday, despite the continuation of the truce between the warring parties.. During the conflict, hundreds of people have already died in the country and thousands have been forced to flee for their lives..