Russian Ambassador to Sudan Andrey Chernovol announced that Moscow’s long-planned establishment of a naval logistics base in the Sudanese port of Port Sudan is temporarily suspended due to the ongoing civil war engulfing the country: “Given the current military conflict, movement on this issue has for now been halted,” he said, according to Moscow Times.
The deal, first reached in 2020, would have allowed Russia to establish a logistics hub in Port Sudan for up to four warships and 300 military personnel — its first permanent naval foothold in Africa since the Soviet era. But after Bashir’s ouster in 2019, talks froze, and the project slipped into limbo.
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Moscow also obtained the right to bring weapons, equipment, ammunition, air defense, and electronic warfare systems to the base. However, the agreement has not yet been ratified.
The base, located on the Red Sea, would give Russia a strategic vantage point over one of the world’s busiest maritime routes — the Suez Canal corridor, which handles about 10% of global trade.
During the country’s ongoing conflict, Russia, initially backing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebels via Wagner mercenaries, later shifted to support the Sudanese army. When government troops regained control of Khartoum, the international airport, and key military sites in February, Sudan’s foreign minister announced that the long-stalled deal with Moscow was back on track. Construction in Port Sudan soon began.
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Military analyst Viktor Murakhovsky said the outpost would also restore Russia’s naval presence in the Indian Ocean, lost after the collapse of the USSR, which once operated bases in Somalia and Ethiopia.
In May 2023, Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) chief Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov promised to “destroy Russian war criminals anywhere in the world they may be.”
Over the past two years, Kyiv Post has obtained and published a series of exclusive materials revealing the global scale of Russia’s covert military operations — and Ukraine’s intelligence counteroffensives targeting them.
- In November 2023, Kyiv Post released exclusive video footage showing Ukrainian special forces (HUR) conducting operations against Wagner fighters in Sudan.
- In January 2024, Kyiv Post published another exclusive video showing Ukrainian drones destroying Russian mercenaries and local militant allies in Sudan.
- A month later, Kyiv Post obtained footage of Ukrainian intelligence (HUR) operatives interrogating captured Wagner fighters, who admitted they had been sent to overthrow the Sudanese government.
- In June 2024, Kyiv Post released unprecedented footage from the Golan Heights, Syria, where HUR special forces reportedly struck Russian-linked checkpoints and strongholds.
- By July 2024, Kyiv Post received further exclusive imagery showing Ukrainian HUR units striking Russian targets in Syria, including a Khymik Group operation that destroyed Russian equipment at Kuweires Airfield near Aleppo.
- In September 2024, Kyiv Post sources shared another video allegedly showing Ukrainian operatives attacking a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) production site near Aleppo, exposing Moscow’s growing use of Syrian territory to assemble and test strike drones.
Last year, Kyiv Post also published exclusive photos of Tuaregs — nomadic tribes of North Africa who remain key players in regional conflicts. The images showed fighters posing with a Ukrainian flag after defeating Wagner mercenaries in Africa, a rare and symbolic moment of solidarity with Ukraine’s struggle against Russian aggression.
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