RSF drone strikes kill three, hit fuel depot in Sudan’s states

May 27, 2025 (EL OBEID) – At least three people were killed and 18 injured on Tuesday in a drone attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeting a public transport station in North Kordofan state, western Sudan. Another drone strike hit a fuel depot in Kosti, White Nile state, in the country’s south.

Cities and towns in the Kordofan region, including El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, have been under continuous attack for weeks by RSF heavy artillery and drones, resulting in dozens of civilian deaths.

“A drone, likely belonging to the Rapid Support Forces, targeted a public transport station in the Al-Samiha area, which is part of Al-Rahad locality, killing at least three people and wounding 18 others,” local sources told Sudan Tribune.

Armed clashes between the Sudanese army and its allied armed movements against the RSF have intensified in various parts of the Kordofan region in recent days.

The army’s military operations in Kordofan aim to reach South Kordofan and Darfur and break the siege on El Fasher, the largest city in the region. Meanwhile, the RSF is fiercely defending its positions in North, West, and South Kordofan, repeatedly targeting the North Kordofan capital with strategic weapons in an attempt to impede the army’s advance.

In a related incident, activists circulated videos showing flames and smoke rising from a fuel depot in Kosti after an RSF drone struck it.

Lieutenant General Qamar al-Din Mohamed Fadl, the governor of White Nile state, inspected the White Nile fuel depot after the attack. Civil defence forces were working to extinguish the fires.

In a press statement, the governor condemned the targeting of strategic and service sites as a cowardly act, describing it as the “death throes” of the attackers. He affirmed the army’s ability to monitor and destroy drone launch platforms. He added that the government had put in place plans to ensure the continuity of services and the flow of strategic goods despite the security challenges.

For his part, Major General Abdel Jalil Abdel Rahman, director of Civil Defence Police in White Nile, stated that civil defence teams from Kosti, Rabak, and Kinana responded with full force, managing to contain the fire and minimize losses. Kosti had previously been subjected to drone attacks, including the army base and civilian facilities like power stations.