On the evening of Sunday, June 23rd, 2024, Major General Chico Tshitambwe learned through his informants that Brigadier General Boudouin Ngaruye was departing from Kitchanga for the Kanyabayonga axis with a reinforcement of four battalions (one Brigade) of RDF forces, a combination of regular and special forces.The M23 has lost numerous men on the kanyabayonga operation but to them it seems ,the loss of men is not a worry.We will soon establish the reasons why M23 remains resilient despite numerous losses in terms of men.
By 20/06/2024,the FARDC had already known that the Enemy forces (M23)had been ordered to start attacking with in coming forty night(2*Weeks).
The FARDC categorically had known that the first attacks were to begin in the next 7Days and as I talk now this might be the first series of these attacks.
FARDC had even received reports that the planned attacks would be stronger than the previous ones, and would mainly target FDLR and Wazalendos who are in the zones near FDLR control.
The FARDC units deployed in Sake,had been informed to prepare enough and get ready.The M23 High Command, had ordered launching of multiple attacks on Sake and consolidate it, so as frustrate and suffocate Goma.
On Kibumba axis, there were reports of M23 having established a Basic Trainning Camp(BTC) for new numerous recruits, those recruits were a big of reinforcements in terms of Human who had been enmassed d from various locations around East Africa and were under going vigorous and hard Trainning.
Another report indicated a BTC set in Rumangabo mil camp where Recruits were going through vigorous Trainning in Rumangabo with the main aim of taking Kanyabayonga.The M23 for almost weeks had been studying the FARDC patterns and had enmassed numerous reinforcements both in human,ammunitions and other logistics.The failure for the gorvenment of DRC to send reinforcements is a factor but reluctancy and failure to value and timely use intelligence information played a key role in the fall of Kanyabayonga.
M23 had for the whole three weeks have been analysing tips of all information and planning accordingly and that's why the reports of delayed FARDC reinforcements and other reports got them guts to match on for an attack on the already exhausted and lacking FARDC and wazalendo.There is no sensible military personnel who rubbishes any intelligence information,even if it may be false it should not make the army reluctant but keeps it alert.M23 does not rubbish any information ,instead does its analysis and establishes why.Wrong information or exaggerated can be a very good building block to establishing the reality.
These are reports from Commanders:
THE LOSS OF THE VILLAGE OF MIRIKI and KAMIKA BEFORE KANYABAYONGA: It all started on Thursday, with the loss of the village of Miriki. The FARDC had received information about an imminent attack by the ADF in Lubero which was to cause more than 150 deaths. The only FARDC units available in this region were in forward positions. The unit on site has been divided into two groups. While the second group withdrew to protect the population, M23 attacked the village. We then understood that there were no ADFs, which suggests that they work together (ADF = RDF). .According to my sources, the RDF had strengthened their positions by adding more than 4,000 M23 soldiers. During this time, General Chico requested reinforcements from the general staff, the reinforcement had not yet arrived and a position in Kanyabayonga held by our Wazalendo brothers was attacked. During the fighting, one General Wazalendo (some say he has links to Geadeon and Jules Mulumba) was killed by an RDF sniper. The panic caused by the death of their leader led the Wazalendos to abandon their positions. The M23 took advantage of this opening to advance quickly. The FARDC found themselves trapped. The majority of our special forces, made up of our children and brothers, were in a weak position. They either had to fight and this could cause a lot of losses on our side, or withdraw, the weather did not allow us to have airforce support.The FARDC airforce would have come in for support but the weather was not good for the aerial equipments.General Chico, who no longer had any choices, ordered General Kabund to withdraw to preserve the lives of our soldiers, and this was done quickly. This is how the commune fell.The FARDC are now 20 km from the city. Before long, the FARDC will reorganize for a counter-offensive.
There are also rumors going on this morning 29/06/2024 that M23 and ADF-NALU would have entered pact as M23 eyes to establish itself in the territory of Lubero,however , accordingly,the intelligences sources and our close confidants ,these are taken as unreliable claims by some local inhabitants.
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