At least 14 people were killed in battles in the vicinity of the police headquarters in Khartoum, which may change the control of the Rapid Support Forces over the data in the Sudanese capital, according to a former army officer.

On Sunday evening, two and a half months after the start of the war between the army, led by Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the support forces announced in a statement, "Victory in the battle for the presidency of the Central Reserve."

"The Rapid Support Forces, after taking control of the headquarters of the Central Reserve Forces and the Awad Khogli camp, seized large quantities of vehicles, weapons and ammunition," it added.

"The RSF's control of the central reserve, if it continues, will have a significant impact on the battle in Khartoum," a retired army officer, who asked not to be named, told AFP.

And the same source continued, "The location of the reserve presidency south of Khartoum makes it control the southern entrance to the capital, and the Rapid Support Forces, with its presence in the reserve and its main camp in Taiba, south of the reserve, and its control over the Yarmouk Military Industries Factory, has become a major threat to the leadership of the Armored Corps in al-Shajara, which is one of the tools of the army's superiority."

Even if the Rapid Support Forces later lose this strategic location, the videos broadcasted by its propaganda apparatus show its men seizing large stocks of weapons and ammunition, which makes it able to continue for a long time in the war of attrition that broke out on April 15th.

Since the beginning of the conflict, the Rapid Support Forces have not announced any losses in the violent battles in which artillery is used, while their positions are subject to air raids by the army.

However, an army source said the RSF had "exceeded 400 dead" in the battle for control of the headquarters.

Since its outbreak, the battles have killed 2,800 people, according to the non-governmental organization ACLED, and 2.5 million Sudanese have been internally displaced or sought refuge in neighboring countries, according to the United Nations.

However, the toll is likely to be much higher because neither of the warring parties has issued official statements about their losses, and many corpses are still scattered in the streets of Khartoum or Darfur in the west of the country at the border with Chad, where the fiercest confrontations are taking place.

On Sunday, "14 deaths, including two children," were recorded in the vicinity of the Reserve Forces headquarters, according to the Violations Documentation Office, which is trying to organize rescue operations and transfers to the few hospitals that are still in service in the area.

The same source added, "The number of injuries reached 217, of whom 147 underwent surgery, and the number of severe and critical injuries reached 72."

Since the start of the war, two-thirds of hospitals and health institutions have become out of service after some of them were bombed, while others were occupied by belligerents, or they are stuck in the middle of battles. Those still on duty have to cope with acute shortages of medicine and prolonged power and water cuts, while many health care workers have fled or perished in the war.

The battles also continue in Nyala, the largest city in South Darfur, where at least 12 civilians were killed on Sunday, according to a doctor who pointed out that a large number of wounded and dead were not counted because the battles prevented the possibility of movement.

During the night, residents of Nyala reported heavy artillery shelling. "The shells are falling on civilian homes," one of them told AFP.

And every day brings a new number of people to flee to escape the battles and acts of sexual violence and widespread looting.

In all, 2.2 million Sudanese have been displaced within their country, while half a million others have sought refuge in neighboring countries.