Russia and Sudan are reportedly close to signing a 25-year deal entailing mutual military cooperation and access for Russia to Port Sudan on the Red Sea, the Qatari media outlet Al-Sharq reported on June 4. Sudan has been embroiled in a civil war since April 2023 between the military government of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhanand the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), under General Hemedti. Russia and Ukraine have played a complex role in the fighting, with the Kremlin-backed Wagner mercenary group previously backing the RSF, while Ukrainian commandos reportedly arrived in Su…