• Burmese
Friday, May 16, 2025
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
The Irrawaddy
26 °c
Ashburn
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Junta Watch
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Books
  • Donation
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Junta Watch
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Books
  • Donation
No Result
View All Result
The Irrawaddy
No Result
View All Result
Home News Burma

Five Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Clash Near Border Outpost: PDF Group

Nora Aung by Nora Aung
July 8, 2022
in Burma, Factiva, News
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0 0
A A
Five Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Clash Near Border Outpost: PDF Group

Cobra Column forces

3k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Five Myanmar regime soldiers including a captain were killed during a clash with a local resistance group on Thursday while en route to reinforce the military’s besieged Ukayit Hta outpost in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township, the group said Friday. Cobra Column, a People’s Defense Force (PDF) group fighting alongside the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), said the clash occurred on the Myawaddy-Waw Lay road.

The KNLA is one of the armed wings of the Karen National Union (KNU), along with the Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO). The ethnic armed organizations and other resistance groups launched an assault on the strategic Ukayit Hta outpost near the Thai border in Myawaddy’s Waw Lay on June 26.

About 600 soldiers from five battalions of the Myanmar military’s Light Infantry Division (LID) No. 44, along with 100 members of the junta-allied Border Guard Force (BGF) led by Major Saw Mont Thon, were sent to reinforce the Ukayit Hta outpost on Thursday, traveling on foot via the Myawaddy-Waw Lay road, according to a statement from Cobra Column.

RelatedPosts

Myanmar Junta Leader Scores Diplomatic Win With Xi Meeting in Moscow

Myanmar Junta Leader Scores Diplomatic Win With Xi Meeting in Moscow

May 15, 2025
641
‘Children Torn in Two’: Witness Describes Myanmar Junta’s School Massacre

‘Children Torn in Two’: Witness Describes Myanmar Junta’s School Massacre

May 15, 2025
374
Ousted Myanmar Envoy to UK Charged With Trespass in London Residence Row

Ousted Myanmar Envoy to UK Charged With Trespass in London Residence Row

May 15, 2025
2.3k

Cobra Column said its forces engaged troops from Light Infantry Battalion No. 207 at Thone Htat Kwe on the road on Thursday and found the bodies of five regime soldiers including a captain and a medical officer the following day.

As the fighting is ongoing, Cobra Column said it could not confirm the total number of regime casualties but added its side had not suffered any. The Irrawaddy was not able to verify the figures for either side.

Cobra Column said it seized one MA-1 assault rifle, about 475 5.56-mm bullets, one bomb and other arms after the clash.

About 300 regime forces including high-ranking officers from the military’s Tactical Operations Command are based at the Ukayit Hta outpost. Fighting in the area has eased somewhat since July 3, according to Major Saw Win Myint from the Venom Commando Army, a special commando unit under the KNDO operating near the outpost.

In the 13 days of fighting at Ukayit Hta since June 26, over 200 regime soldiers and about nine fighters from the KNLA, KNDO and allied groups have been killed, according to the Venom Commando Army.

Myanmar’s military regime reportedly carried out 125 airstrikes from June 27 to July 1 to defend the outpost.

More than 1,000 Waw Lay residents had fled across the Moei River to Thailand as of June 30 due to the fighting, according to a rescue team in the Thai border town of Mae Sot.

 

Your Thoughts …
Tags: Cobra ColumnjuntaKarenkilledMilitaryMyanmaroutpostPDFregimeresistancesoldiers
Nora Aung

Nora Aung

Similar Picks:

Enter the Dragon, Exit the Junta: Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance makes Chinese New Year Vow
Burma

Enter the Dragon, Exit the Junta: Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance makes Chinese New Year Vow

by The Irrawaddy
February 12, 2024
44.4k

Ethnic armed grouping says it will continue Operation 1027 offensive until goal of ousting the junta is achieved. 

Read moreDetails
Drone Attack at Myanmar-China Border Gate Causes Over $14m in Losses
Business

Drone Attack at Myanmar-China Border Gate Causes Over $14m in Losses

by The Irrawaddy
November 27, 2023
38.3k

Jin San Jiao is latest northern Shan State trade hub in crosshairs of ethnic Brotherhood Alliance.

Read moreDetails
Myanmar’s BGF: A Family-Run Criminal Enterprise With Friends Across Asia
Burma

Myanmar’s BGF: A Family-Run Criminal Enterprise With Friends Across Asia

by The Irrawaddy
May 22, 2024
36.8k

A new report by JFM spotlights the organized crime empire of junta-allied Karen warlord Saw Chit Thu and his family,...

Read moreDetails
Arakan Army Captures Myanmar Junta Brigade General in Chin State Rout: Report
Burma

Arakan Army Captures Myanmar Junta Brigade General in Chin State Rout: Report

by The Irrawaddy
January 15, 2024
36.3k

Rakhine-based armed group has reportedly detained the chief of 19th Military Operations Command after seizing his base in Paletwa Township.

Read moreDetails
AA Urges Myanmar Junta Troops to Surrender as Western Command Burns
War Against the Junta

AA Urges Myanmar Junta Troops to Surrender as Western Command Burns

by The Irrawaddy
December 18, 2024
25.2k

Ethnic army reportedly poised to capture regime’s last stronghold in Rakhine State.

Read moreDetails
Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance Calls on Northeast Command Chief to Surrender
War Against the Junta

Myanmar’s Brotherhood Alliance Calls on Northeast Command Chief to Surrender

by The Irrawaddy
August 9, 2024
24.9k

Brigadier-General Soe Hlaing handed ultimatum to relinquish northern Shan State after resistance seizes command base in Lashio.

Read moreDetails
Load More
Next Post
Myanmar Regime Jails Former Election Chief and his Staff

Myanmar Regime Jails Former Election Chief and his Staff

Former Japanese PM Abe Dies After Being Shot: Local Media

Former Japanese PM Abe Dies After Being Shot: Local Media

No Result
View All Result

Recommended

Breaking the 60-Year Political Cycle in Myanmar

Breaking the 60-Year Political Cycle in Myanmar

4 days ago
1.1k
How Myanmar Junta Uses Air Force to Fight Its Corner

How Myanmar Junta Uses Air Force to Fight Its Corner

3 days ago
1k

Most Read

  • Ousted Myanmar Envoy to UK Charged With Trespass in London Residence Row

    Ousted Myanmar Envoy to UK Charged With Trespass in London Residence Row

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Three Japanese Firms Ditch Myanmar Port Project

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Myanmar Junta Leader Scores Diplomatic Win With Xi Meeting in Moscow

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Disaster Diplomacy in Myanmar: A Convenient Narrative for the Int’l Community

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • ‘Children Torn in Two’: Witness Describes Myanmar Junta’s School Massacre

    shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

Newsletter

Get The Irrawaddy’s latest news, analyses and opinion pieces on Myanmar in your inbox.

Subscribe here for daily updates.

Contents

  • News
  • Politics
  • War Against the Junta
  • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
  • Conflicts In Numbers
  • Junta Crony
  • Ethnic Issues
  • Asia
  • World
  • Business
  • Economy
  • Election 2020
  • Elections in History
  • Cartoons
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Editorial
  • Commentary
  • Guest Column
  • Analysis
  • Letters
  • In Person
  • Interview
  • Profile
  • Dateline
  • Specials
  • Myanmar Diary
  • Women & Gender
  • Places in History
  • On This Day
  • From the Archive
  • Myanmar & COVID-19
  • Intelligence
  • Myanmar-China Watch
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Food
  • Fashion & Design
  • Videos
  • Photos
  • Photo Essay
  • Donation

About The Irrawaddy

Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group, unaffiliated with any political party, organization or government. We believe that media must be free and independent and we strive to preserve press freedom.

  • Copyright
  • Code of Ethics
  • Privacy Policy
  • Team
  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Contact
  • Burmese

© 2023 Irrawaddy Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Burma
    • Politics
    • World
    • Asia
    • Myanmar’s Crisis & the World
    • Ethnic Issues
    • War Against the Junta
    • Junta Cronies
    • Conflicts In Numbers
    • Junta Watch
    • Fact Check
    • Investigation
    • Myanmar-China Watch
    • Obituaries
  • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Commentary
    • Guest Column
    • Analysis
    • Editorial
    • Stories That Shaped Us
    • Letters
  • Ethnic Issues
  • War Against the Junta
  • In Person
    • Interview
    • Profile
  • Business
    • Economy
    • Business Roundup
  • Books
  • Donation

© 2023 Irrawaddy Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.