The video “shows how Ukrainian special forces ‘wipe out’ Wagner mercenaries operating in Sudan with an RPG ambush on the streets of the city.”

Video footage appears to show Ukrainian special forces “mopping up” the Wagner group’s troops in Sudan and luring the mercenaries with rocket-propelled grenades in a shocking urban war.

Grainy infrared images from above show Ukrainian soldiers in a densely populated, unidentified area in Sudan “over the past two weeks,” according to the Kyiv Post.

The clip shows the unit moving to surround a compound and the suspected enemy mercenaries marked with red boxes.

From a vantage point, you’ll see several targets moving around a building, seemingly oblivious to the approaching agents. Suddenly, an explosion rocks the building, creating a huge cloud of smoke.

A Ukrainian soldier is seen firing a portable rocket-propelled grenade from the building’s window.

A source in the Ukrainian security and defense sector told the Kyiv Post that Ukrainian special forces are currently working in Sudan to clear Wagner PMC as well as “its local terrorists and the special services of the Russian Federation”.

They said: “The images probably show the work of special forces of the main intelligence directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.”

You will see targets marked with a red square moving through a window

Smoke then erupts from the window, apparently after being hit with an RPG

The clip, just over two minutes long, shows Ukrainian troops piling up in front of the compound that appears to be used by mercenaries from the Wagner Group.

From other angles, cameras show a group of people moving through a building from a window.

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The building was suddenly engulfed in smoke after an apparent Ukrainian attack.

Without infrared images, the building is shown illuminated against a dark background as the RPG strikes.

The images show a projectile flying in slow motion directly towards the window.

People, again marked with a red square, then quickly flee the crime scene to the city streets.

Thermal imaging shows in bright yellow and white the trail of the RPG fired at the building before it explodes.

A second video obtained by the Ukrainian broadcaster appears to show the scene of a plane at about 200 to 400 meters above sea level.

In September, an anonymous source told CNN that a series of drone strikes on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were carried out by a “non-Sudanese” military, claiming that “Ukrainian special services were probably responsible.”

The attacks began on September 8, two days after the Wagner group sent trucks loaded with weapons to an RSF garrison in al-Zurug in southwestern Sudan.

The RSF has been in a power struggle with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since 15 April 2023.

At least six attacks targeted trucks on the Shambat Bridge and another eight hit vehicles, buildings and personnel near RSF positions in Omdurman and Ombada.

CNN’s analysis of drone footage revealed that Ukrainian text was visible on the drone’s controller.

Whistleblowers in Chad told CNN that the Wagner convoy passed through Chad, where the Wagner Group currently has no established presence, possibly indicating an expansion of Russia and Wagner’s influence on the continent.

Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the ambush.

The Wagner Group has been present in Sudan since 2017 and has distributed weapons across the continent.

In April, late founder Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that there was “not a single Wagner PMC.” [private military company] The fighter has been present in Sudan for more than two years.

However, there is evidence that Wagner armed the RSF with rockets to fuel the war against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).

Footage from July 2022 also reportedly showed mercenaries training Sudanese troops in parachute landing exercises.

The global initiative against transnational organized crime [GI-TOC] judge in April that Wagner sought both influence and material gain in Sudan.

“The Russians’ main goal in Sudan is not to protect Khartoum’s political power, but essentially to profit immensely from the country’s natural resources.”

Russia has also entered into trade deals for gold mining in Sudan in the past.

From another perspective, smoke rises from the building after a direct hit

At the undisclosed location, troops were seen gathering near a compound

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In December 2022, civilian groups ousted by a coup in 2021 signed an initial agreement with the military to begin a new two-year political transition and install a new civilian government.

On 5 April 2023, the final signing of the agreement was postponed for a second time due to disputes over whether the military would be placed under civilian control in a new government and how the RSF should be integrated into the armed forces.

In this unstable environment, the relationship between de facto president Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, RSF military leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemeti, became strained, eventually leading to conflict. while RSF personnel were tactically redeployed to roles in Sudan.

Both sides initially accused each other of starting the conflict in April 2023 and refused to negotiate. Both appealed to the other side to surrender.

The region remains geopolitically important and Western allies fear the possible establishment of a Russian base on the east coast of the Red Sea, something some military leaders have been receptive to.