The drones hit Port Sudan, causing power as a major target city of RSF

The country’s electricity provider said that drones had achieved a major power plant in the Sudanese city of Port, which caused “full power outage.”

The explosions and huge fires were reported near the city’s main international airport, as the paramilitary force targeted the main city for the third consecutive day.

The flights were canceled after the international airport drones and a hotel near the current presidential palace were struck.

“I see a huge cloud and fire walking throughout the city … and I have now heard that they were like two loud bangs. It seems completely horrific,” Kristina Carrier told BBC New Zeraz.

The thick black smoke can be seen at dawn on the horizon of the previous safe city, as thousands of people resorted to the civil war for two years.

On Tuesday, the electricity company in Sudan said it evaluates the damage to a sub -station, which led to the disruption of water and health supplies and other services.

One of the drones at the Port Sudan Airport and the last of the main army base in the city center targeted.

A third drone photographed a “fuel depot near the southern port” in the densely populated city center, where UN officials, diplomats, relief agencies and Sudan army moved from the capital Khartoum.

The witness said that a main hotel located near the residence of the army commander, General Abdul Fattah Al -Bouran, was beaten in the attack.

Mariam Ata, a food supervisor at a children’s hospital in Port Sudan, described the moment when the attacks were heard for the first time.

“We woke up to the roar of the explosions and we were terrified. We have never seen an attack before, but we saw smoke rising, the fire – it was overwhelming.”

When asked if she was afraid the attacks would happen again, she said:

“Yes, we are afraid, and it is very likely that it will happen again. Fear is fixed. As long as there is an intention to target Port Sudan and vital areas, and to intimidate civilians, these attacks will continue.”

After drone strokes, The United Nations temporarily suspended aid trips Farhan Haq, the deputy of the United Nations spokesman, said to the port of Sudan, but regular assistance operations continue.

Mr. Haq added: “None of our offices, headquarters, or warehouses has been affected, and we continue to carry out our regular operations.”

On Tuesday, a spokesman for the government of Sudan, Khaled Al -Jazzar, said that the army was guarding the affected fuel depots “to the maximum extent possible,” adding that “the will of the Sudanese people will remain unbreakable.”

The army blamed the semi -military support forces (RSF) for the drones attacks that started on Sunday. RSF has not yet commented on the attacks.

in statementThe African Union has warned that the attack on Port Sudan represents a “serious escalation” in the Sudanese civil war and “a direct threat to the lives of civilians, human access and regional stability.”

Before the attacks on Sunday, Port Sudan avoided bombing and considered one of the safest places in the nation that destroyed the war.

The paramilitary group has increasingly relied on drones to restore its missing lands, including Khartoum, which was returned by the army in March.

Two years of fighting were killed between the army and the RSF thousands, they forced millions of their homes and created the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

The army and RSF were accused of war crimes.

Additional reports by Gladys Kigo