Mu rukerera rwo ku ya 19 Mutarama, habaye igikorwa gikomeye cya gisirikare mu karere ka Masisi, muri Kivu y’Amajyaruguru. Indege idafite umupilote (drone) y’Ingabo za Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (FARDC) yibasiye ikirindiro cy’umutwe w’inyeshyamba za M23 mu gace ka Kilolirwe, gaherereye mu murenge wa Bashali Kaembe. Amakuru yaturutse mu baturage yavuze ko ibitero bya drone byabaye hagati ya saa kumi za mu gitondo na saa kumi n’imwe, bigatuma ikirindiro cy’inyeshyamba gisenywa.
Iki gikorwa cyemejwe n’umutwe wa M23 ku rubuga rwawo rwa X yahoze yitwa Twitter. Nk’uko byatangajwe na M23, igitero cya drone ngo ntabwo cyangije gusa ikirindiro cy’inyeshyamba, ahubwo cyanateje ibindi bibazo. M23 yavuze ko habaye ibura ry’ubuzima bw’abasivili, kwicwa kw’amatungo, no kwangirika kw’imitungo y’abaturage, harimo n’uruganda rw’amata rwitwa L’Espoir.
Iki gitero cya drone ni kimwe mu bitero bya vuba aha byakozwe n’ingabo za Congo ku mutwe wa M23 muri aka gace. Ikoreshwa ry’indege zitagira abapilote na FARDC ni ihinduka rikomeye mu mikorere yabo yo kurwanya imitwe y’inyeshyamba, bikagaragaza intambwe nshya mu ntambara ikomeje.
Ingabo za Congo mu gushaka guhashya umutwe w’inyeshyamba wa M23. Kinshasa yaguze indege 9 za gisirikare zidafite abapilote zo mu bwoko bwa CASC Rainbow CH-4 mu Bushinwa.
