Karen National Liberation Army commander say regime troops fled their base and left their weapons behind so they could pass themselves off as civilians to escape the area.
Residents flee Sagaing Region’s Shwe Pyi Aye as junta pounds the National Unity Government administered town and nearby villages with shelling and airstrikes.
The Kachin Independence Army and its allies now control all the roads into the prized jade hub in Kachin State.
Residents of Kachin State’s Momauk Town are prohibited from fleeing by junta troops as artillery units pummel civilian neighborhoods.
Clashes have broken out between the ethnic armed group and the Myanmar military in Thandwe Township, home to famed travel destination Ngapali Beach, local media reported.
The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Karen and Shan states and Sagaing and Mandalay regions.
The base in Namtyar Village played an important role in the regime’s security operation for the jade town and earned it a lot of money, the ethnic army said.
The battle for Myawaddy town entered its second day on Wednesday as ethnic Karen troops and allied forces attacked the junta’s last remaining battalion in the area.
In addition to Naypyitaw, The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup of resistance attacks includes incidents in Sagaing, Magwe and Rakhine.
Resistance special forces say 28 drones used in operation that inflicted casualties and damage in regime’s nerve center.
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