"As M23 has spent the whole day preparing for reinforcements, planning and reorganizing some of it commanders in Rutshuru, specifically at Rumangabo"
Around 5 a.m. today, the M23_RDF carried out a cordon in the village of Ndumba, taking seven young people found in the houses to transport the corpses of their soldiers who died yesterday in the clashes. They transport these dead on stretchers to Kabase, where it seems that these rebels will bury theirs.
Photos of M23 soldiers capture by SADC forces' drones before they bombed them to ashes.
In the territory of Rutshuru, since the morning, clashes have been reported in Lusogha and towards Armoiries between the rebels and the FARDC who are trying to regain control of the situation, which is deteriorating every day. The city of Kanyabayonga remains under the control of the FARDC. In the Sake hills, the situation has remained calm since the morning. As we reported yesterday,The M23 rebels lost many men, including senior officers, troopers and non-commissioned officers, during the SADC mission bombings on Thursday 29/05. Among them, Captain BIJUGIZA, whose name has just reached us, as well as a colonel whose photo we received, which is here.
Our intelligence and confidants are working very hard possibly to have the name of this M23 colonel.our team is also working hard to get photos of all those young souls who perished in this sake crash ,many youth have died in this Sake crash of 28-31st May.That how Rwandese relatives are mourning for their beloved ones who perished in the fighting in DRC.,..Many are feared to have fallen down in the offensive to capture kanayabayonga.
MONUSCO is strengthening its presence in Kanyabayonga to support the FARDC against the M23. The MONUSCO brigade and the rapid intervention force were deployed on site to protect civilians and support the FARDC in the fight against the advance of the rebels in this commune. According to military sources, an operations coordination meeting between the two forces was held this Saturday, June 1 in the morning. A day later, the SADC mission force recovered the two armored vehicles damaged on the front in the village of Luhonga near Sake in Masisi territory. "They did not capture our armored vehicles, these vehicles were damaged and our teams evacuated them to a safe location. The technology quickly got to work. These vehicles are now in our bases and ready for new service", said a military source close to the SAMIDRC force. In a press release, the M23_RDF_AFC coalition claimed on Friday May 31 to have captured two armored vehicles belonging to SAMIDRC. The South African army, for its part, clarified that its vehicles were not damaged during the clashes near Sake.