The RSF Air Defense successfully downs an Antonov aircraft over the skies of El Fasher

MEDIA STATEMENT

On Thursday morning, the Rapid Support Forces” (RSF) Air Defense successfully executed a significant operation, leading to the downing of an Antonov aircraft operated by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their allied terrorist group, the Islamic Movement. The aircraft had been engaged in dropping barrel bombs on unarmed civilians in El Fasher, North Darfur state, and other cities across the country.

The downing of the SAF aircraft, along with its complete destruction and subsequent death of its crew, demonstrates the strength and resilience of our heroic forces in defending and safeguarding civilians from the oppression and aggression of the Islamic Movement and ISIS. This achievement reaffirms our firm determination to push forward and decisively resolve this battle in favor of our great people.

The SAF and their allied Islamic Movement have continued to carry out racially motivated air strikes, employing barrel bombs and chemical weapons targeting villages, residential neighborhoods, and unarmed civilians. These relentless indiscriminate attacks have claimed the lives of thousands of innocent civilians across the country. The most recent atrocity was the Shangil Tubai massacre, resulted in the deaths of more than 400 civilians. This crime was preceded by ther massacres in Turra, Al-Kuma, Kabkabiya, Mellit, Kordofan, Gezira, Omdurman, and Khartoum.

We affirm that the Rapid Support Forces' Air Defense units remain fully vigilant and prepared to counter any aerial aggression that endangers civilian lives. Our heroic forces, stationed across all front lines , are resolute in their mission to eradicate the Islamic Movement's militia from its roots and to lay the foundation for a just and equitable Sudan that uproot the injustice and marginalization for all Sudanese people.

Office of the Official Spokesman 
Rapid Support Forces