At least 11 Myanmar junta troops were killed and two arrested in the last three days as People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) continued to attack regime targets across the country.
In one case, five ethnic Chin resistance fighters were killed during a raid on a military headquarters in Chin.
Incidents were reported in Karen and Chin states and Sagaing, Magwe and Tanintharyi regions.
The Irrawaddy has collected the following reports of significant attacks from the PDFs and EAOs.
Some military casualties could not be independently verified.
Heavy clash erupts in Karen
A heavy clash broke out in Myawaddy Township, Karen State on Tuesday when junta forces attempted to take back a strategic base on Lat Khat Taung mountain held by PDFs and Karen rebel groups. The junta used aircraft, tanks and artillery units, according to the resistance group Cobra Column.
Casualties on both sides were unknown.
Resistance groups led by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the country’s oldest ethnic rebel group, the Karen National Union (KNU), attacked and seized the junta base on the mountain on July 21. Since then, at least 10 clashes have broken out in the area as junta troops try to retake the base, leaving 17 soldiers dead, said the KNU’s Dooplaya District.
Military headquarters raided in Chin
Ethnic revolutionary group the Chin National Front (CNF) said its armed wing the Chin National Army (CNA) and other Chin Defense Forces jointly raided the headquarters of military Infantry Battalion 269 based in Thantlang town, Chin State on Monday.
During the raid, the combined groups seized a junta security outpost as well as two soldiers and six weapons. Five resistance members were killed.
After the clash, the junta bombed its own resistance-held outpost and also bombed two villages outside the town in retaliation, destroying houses and injuring civilians, said the CNF.
Junta troops killed in resistance ambush in Tanintharyi
Resistance groups engage in a clash with regime forces in Ya Ngal Village in Thayet Chaung Township on Monday. / Dawei Information Center
Five regime soldiers were killed and two others injured in Thayet Chaung Township, Tanintharyi Region on Monday when local resistance groups attacked regime forces in two vehicles from two locations as they entered Ya Ngal Village, said Dawei Information Center, a local revolutionary media outlet.
Regime forces killed in resistance drone strikes in Sagaing
At least three junta troops were killed and many others injured in Myinmu Township, Sagaing Region as resistance groups conducted drone strikes on regime targets on Monday and Tuesday, according to Ghost Team Ranger (Myinmu), which coordinated the attacks.
The resistance group said it and two other rebel groups dropped bombs on a military unit near Wan Pyae Village while it was traveling after killing four civilians and torching houses in Ywar Thar Lay Village. Three soldiers were killed in the drone strikes.
The resistance groups continued to conduct drone strikes against a police station in Taw Chaung-U Village in the township, dropping 11 bombs. The regime forces responded with both heavy explosives and firearms. Some junta troops are believed to have been injured in the drone attacks, the resistance group said.
On Tuesday, the same resistance groups used drones to drop eight bombs on regime patrols deployed on the Monywa-Mandalay highway to protect a military convoy. Injured soldiers were taken away in vehicles.
Military convoys bombed in Sagaing
A blast occurs as resistance groups trigger a mine to ambush a military convoy in Myinmu Township on Monday. / Moe Nyo Revolution
Black Eagle Defense Force (Myinmu) said it and another resistance group used land mines to ambush a military convoy of 16 vehicles in four locations in Myinmu Township, Sagaing Region on Monday while it was traveling from Sagaing to Monywa.
The next day, the resistance groups used land mines to ambush another military convoy of five logistics vehicles. In the series of attacks, five regime vehicles were damaged.
The convoys also faced mine ambushes by other resistance groups.
Regime bases bombed in Sagaing
Salingyi Special Task Force (SSTF) said it and other resistance groups used makeshift remote-controlled airplanes to bomb police stations and junta bases in Monywa Township, Sagaing Region on Monday and Tuesday.
Military casualties were unknown.
Military flotilla attacked in Sagaing
Combined resistance forces ambush a military flotilla in Salingyi Township on Tuesday. / Hero Fighter (Salingyi)
Hero Fighter (Salingyi) said it and many other resistance groups jointly ambushed a military flotilla of four barges and a gunboat on the Chindwin River in Salingyi Township, Sagaing Region on Tuesday.
The flotilla was transporting around 100 junta troops as well as rations and ammunition from Magwe Region’s Yesagyo Township to Sagaing’s Monywa Township. Some regime forces are thought to have been injured or killed in the clash, the resistance group said.
Pro-junta militias bombed in Sagaing
Resistance forces conduct drone strikes on regime forces torching houses in a village in Myinmu Township in July. / Unicorn Guerrilla Force
The resistance group Unicorn Guerrilla Force said it used a drone to drop seven bombs on pro-junta Pyu Saw Htee militias and their bases in the pro-regime village of Mar Lal Taw in Sagaing Township, Sagaing Region on Tuesday.
Militia casualties were unknown. The aerial video shows a drone dropping bombs on militia targets.
Military unit ambushed in Magwe
Resistance fighters of Yesagyo PDF ambush regime forces in Yesagyo Township on Monday. / Yesagyo PDF
Three junta soldiers were killed and some injured in Yesagyo Township, Magwe Region on Monday when two resistance groups ambushed an advance team of eight soldiers from a military unit between two villages, said Yesagyo Township PDF, which coordinated the attack.
On Sunday, Yesagyo PDF triggered a cluster of 12 land mines to ambush 30 regime forces that arbitrarily killed a detained villager in the township. Seven junta forces suffered serious injuries.
