ADIGRAT / ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian military drone strikes targeted Eritrean transport vehicles overnight near the strategic northern city of Adigrat in Tigray, resulting in destroyed supply lorries and force withdrawals along key transit corridors.
Local eye-witnesses and regional military sources reported multiple precision aerial strikes striking military convoys operating in the vicinity of Adigrat. Images and field accounts indicate significant material damage to transport trucks, with surviving units observed falling back northward toward border positions.
The aerial bombardment represents a sharp transition from diplomatic posturing to direct kinetic engagement between Ethiopian federal forces and Eritrean troops operating inside Ethiopian territory. The escalation occurs just days after Ethiopia shut its embassy in Asmara, declared senior Eritrean diplomats persona non grata, and Eritrea responded by formally severing all diplomatic relations.
Federal authorities in Addis Ababa have repeatedly accused Asmara of providing direct military support, logistics, and depth to opposition fighters in northern Ethiopia. The interdiction of transport assets around Adigrat highlights ENDF’s leverage of air power and unmanned aerial systems to disrupt forward operating lines and counter cross-border incursions along the primary northern transport axis.
