The Sudanese army announced the loss of life and equipment, amid a military force that was ambushed by Ethiopian militias in the Jabal Abu Tayyur area, located in the Quraisha locality in the state of Gedaref on the border with Ethiopia.
The Sudanese army said - in a statement on Wednesday about the incident - that "during the return of our forces from combing our lands, they were ambushed by the Ethiopian forces and militias inside Sudanese territory, and as a result, losses of lives and equipment occurred."
The army confirmed that it is capable of resolving any hostile movements within the Sudanese borders, and will not allow its lands to be invaded, adding that its forces are following the flow of Ethiopian refugees into Sudanese territory, and the instability in the border strip between the two countries.
He explained that among the steps taken by the Sudanese army after the outbreak of the war in the Ethiopian Tigray region, it had re-deployed and reopened in areas within the borders of Sudan, with the aim of preventing the parties to the conflict in Ethiopia from exploiting the Sudanese lands to launch any kind of operations, as well as to protect Sudanese lands from any threats .
Earlier, local media - including the online newspaper "Sudan Tribune", reported unnamed military sources - 4 dead, including an officer, and 12 wounded from the Sudanese army.
After fierce battles with armed Ethiopian militias on the border strip between the two countries.
And on Sunday, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok announced that he had reached an agreement with his Ethiopian counterpart to activate the meetings of the Sudanese-Ethiopian Boundary Commission, following a short visit to Addis Ababa on Saturday.
On the fifth of last November, the Sudanese authorities announced the closure of the border areas in the east of the country with Ethiopia until further notice.
Because of the security tensions in the Ethiopian province of Tigray.
And last May, the Sudanese army announced that an Ethiopian militia backed by its country's army had attacked the country's land and resources.
As a result, a captain was killed, 7 soldiers were wounded, and another was missing, in addition to the killing of a child and wounding 3 civilians.
The number of Ethiopian refugees arriving in eastern Sudan has risen to more than 52,000, according to what the Sudanese authorities announced on Monday.