The U.S. military evacuated all U.S. government employees and their families from Sudan, as well as several foreign diplomats – less than 100 people in total. According to TASS, this was announced by representatives of the Washington administration of high rank at a special telephone briefing on the operation.
“In total, a little over 100 servicemen participated in the operation. The number evacuated by our military colleagues was less than 100,” one official said.
At the same time, he stressed that this operation “was carried out by the US Department of Defense, only the US Department of Defense.” “You may have seen some of the allegations on social media in recent hours that the Rapid Reaction Force [Судана] somehow coordinated with us, supported this operation. It’s not like that,” the official said.
“We had a small number of diplomatic workers from other countries at the embassy who arrived there as part of the consolidation effort after being placed in mixed apartment buildings along with our diplomatic staff. In fact, they worked together to get from a dangerous place to the embassy, in some cases showing enough creativity and ingenuity. We received several diplomats from other missions, they ended up in the embassy. We thought it would be wiser to take them with us,” added another US administration official. He did not specify the diplomats of which countries he is talking about.
U.S. military transport aircraft “entered and exited” Sudanese airspace, according to U.S. executive officials. Commenting on the suspension of the embassy in Khartoum, he added that “a significant number of staff [диппредставительства] left of the local population” and will monitor the complex.
Source: Rosbalt
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