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Drone attributed to RSF targets Sudan’s Al-Rusayris Dam

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A drone attributed to the Rapid Support Forces targeted the Al-Rusayris Dam station in Sudan after arriving from Ethiopian territory. Witnesses said they saw it flying over the area and striking in the evening, according to sources cited by Bajnews.

A drone attributed to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the Al-Rusayris Dam station in Sudan on Thursday evening, according to sources described as reliable by Bajnews. Witnesses said the aircraft had arrived from Ethiopian territory.

Al-Rusayris Dam is in Blue Nile State. The Sudanese army also shot down a drone that had come from Ethiopia in the state, according to a related Bajnews article (drone shot down in Blue Nile State).

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