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On Sunday, Ethiopian army military spokesman Colonel Dejin Tsegayi told the Ethiopian Radio and Television Corporation official that his country’s army is about to use tanks to blockade Mikeli, the capital of the northern region of Tigray. , and he warned civilians that he could also use artillery to bombard the city. Tsegayi stressed that “the next stages are the decisive part of the process … to end the battle in the mountainous areas and move towards the fields.”
The Ethiopian army announced on Sunday that it would carry out a military operation with tanks to besiege a capital. Tigray Territory Mikkeli, according to official media reports. The army has warned the civilian population of the possibility of using artillery to bombard the city.
“The next stages are the decisive part of the operation, which are the siege of Mikeli through the use of tanks, ending the battle in the mountainous areas and advancing towards the fields,” military spokesman Colonel Degen Tsegayi told the Radio Corporation. and Ethiopian Television.
The conflict erupted on November 4 after what the government described as a surprise attack by the forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, the political party that governs Tigray, on federal forces in the region.
Information on the evolution of the confrontations is scarce and it is difficult to verify the accusations of all the parties due to the interruption of telephone and Internet communications in the area since the outbreak of the conflict. The media is also not allowed to operate to a large extent.
Letter to Tigray to “protect against any artillery attack”
Both sides said that federal forces had taken control of the city of Adigrat, 116 kilometers north of Mikkeli.
Dejin Tsegayi said that civilians in Mikkeli, home to half a million people, should be aware of the danger.
“So far, we are attacking only the targets that are stationed on the junta fighters, but in Mikeli’s case the situation may be different,” he added, referring to the fighters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray.
“We want to send a message to the people of Mekele to protect themselves from any artillery attack and to distance themselves from the military junta. The rebels are hidden among the citizens and these people must isolate themselves from them,” he said.
“After that. You will have no mercy on us,” he said. TPLF leaders did not respond to requests for comment.
France 24 / Reuters
