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Rwanda Shoots at Congolese Military Jet over Alleged Airspace Violation

Ronald Mugabi | UNN Times ReporterbyRonald Mugabi | UNN Times Reporter
January 25, 2023
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Rwanda Shoots at Congolese Military Jet over Alleged Airspace Violation

DR Congo claims the fighter jet was attacked as it began its landing at Goma International Airport.

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KIGALI – Rwandan forces on Tuesday fired at a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo – DRC that it said had violated its airspace as the Kinshasa regime reacted with accusations it described as ‘acts of war.’
A video shared widely on Congolese social media showed a projectile shooting towards an airborne military plane, before exploding in the air near the plane, which continued to fly. The video couldn’t readily be verified.
The Rwandan government confirmed on Tuesday it shot at the said warplane for violating its air space.

On Tuesday, a video circulated of a projectile shooting a Sukhoi-25 fighter plane. Other videos and pictures also circulated of Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo -FARDC soldiers putting off the fire using fire fighting vehicles at Goma Airport.

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Later, Rwanda released a brief statement confirming that its soldiers shot at the plane. In a statement, released by the office of the Government Spokesperson, Rwanda claims that the plane crossed from its air space of Goma to Rubavu in Rwanda.

Rwanda said that it shot at the plane in form of defensive measures since this was the third time, DRC was committing the same aggression – asking the Kinshasa regime stop the violence.

“Today at 5:03 pm, a Sukhoi-25 from DR Congo violated Rwanda airspace for the third time. Defensive measures were taken. Rwanda asks the DRC to stop this aggression,” read, the statement in parts.

DRC also released a statement condemning Rwanda and denouncing the attack on its fighter plane by the Rwandan army with claims that it was in Congolese airspace. According to the statement, the fighter plane was attacked while it began its landing at Goma International Airport.

The statement adds that the plane landed without major material damage.  “The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo strongly condemns and denounces the attack on its fighter plane by the Rwandan army in Congolese airspace and does not intend to let it go.

This fighter plane was attacked while it began its landing on the runway of the international airport of Goma. The Rwandan fire was directed at a Congolese aircraft flying inside Congolese territory. It did not fly over Rwandan airspace.

The aircraft landed without major material damage.   This attack is in addition to the offensive launched this morning by the Rwandan army towards Kitchanga and immediately repelled by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo – FARDC. The Rwandan army from Rwanda to reinforce the positions of Kibumba and Bwito in anticipation of other criminal actions” reads part of the statement.

This is not the first time Rwanda accuses DRC of violating its airspace. In December 2022, Rwanda claimed that another fighter jet from DRC had briefly violated its air space.

A Congolese warplane also briefly landed at a Rwandan airport in November 2022 while on an investigation mission near the border, in what Congo argued was by accident.

Tuesday’s incident happened on a day when heavy fighting between FARDC soldiers-militia coalition and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels resumed in Bishusha, Bwiza, Ngesha and Bishakishaki, Bambo, Kishishe, and Kitchanga localities straddling the territories of Masisi and Rutshuru.   Detonations with heavy and light weapons were also heard even in the city of Kitshanga, causing panic among the population according to Tobi Tobolwako Kahangu, a local resident.

According to Kahungu, M23 rebels are targeting to cut off the Kitchanga-Goma road from the locality of Burungu.
Last week, a section of civil society activists held a demonstration in Goma demanding FARDC to resume assault against M23 rebels. The protest was against the deployment of South Sudan soldiers in DRC under the East African Community Regional Force.

The protestors also demanded the departure of Kenyan Forces under the East African Community Regional Force failure from Congolese soil arguing that they have failed to confront M23 rebels.

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