At least 15 Myanmar junta forces were killed in the last four days as People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) and some ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) continued to attack regime targets across the country.
Incidents were reported in Naypyitaw, Bago, Tanintharyi, Sagaing and Mandalay regions and Shan and Kachin states.
The Irrawaddy has collected the following reports of significant attacks from PDFs and EAOs.
Some military casualties could not be independently verified.
Clash erupts near junta’s administrative capital Naypyitaw
Four regime forces suffered injuries on the border of Magwe Region’s Myo Thit Township and Naypyitaw’s Tatkon Township on Sunday when the Oppressed People’s Revolutionary Force attacked a military unit that was traveling on motorbikes, the resistance group said.
The junta troops were attacked while arriving in the area to extort money from local businesses. After the shootout, three military motorbikes and many rounds were seized, said the resistance group.
Military unit flees resistance attack in Bago
White Peacock Column (WPC) claimed a military unit fled after facing losses in a series of attacks by WPC in Pyuu Township, Bago Region on Friday and Saturday.
Last Friday, a military logistics train overturned in a mine ambush between two towns in Pyuu while it was traveling from Naypyitaw to Yangon.
On that night, WPC fighters continued to attack a base of regime reinforcements in a village beside the Yangon-Mandalay highway, said the WPC. The junta forces were assigned to perform security for the railway. In the raid, many regime forces were reportedly killed or injured.
The resistance groups also used drones to drop 60-mm mortar bombs on another military unit planning to scour the area for resistance forces, while stationed at a monastery in Taw Kywal Inn Town. The bombs killed two soldiers including the head of the unit and injured two others.
The military unit fled when the combined resistance forces raided them at the monastery, the resistance group said.
The resistance group continued to conduct drone strikes on a military unit stationed in a village in Phyuu on Sunday, killing two more soldiers and injuring two others.
Clashes continue in northern Shan
Three clashes broke out in Lashio and Kutkai townships, northern Shan State on Saturday when the junta conducted offensives against bases of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), said the ethnic rebel group.
In one case, TNLA troops attacked a military convoy of 21 vehicles in Kutkai. A total of 16 clashes between the junta and the TNLA broke out from July 23 to Aug. 20, in which 25 regime forces were killed.
Three junta troops killed in Kachin
At least three regime forces were killed in Mogaung town, Kachin State on Saturday when a local PDF group attacked a military vehicle in a residential ward, according to reports from Kachin media outlets.
After the ambush, pro-junta militias randomly opened fire in the town while a military base shelled a location outside the town.
Junta troops killed in daring urban attack in Sagaing
Anti-regime fighters on a truck attack junta troops at very close range in Monywa town on Saturday. / Brother Revolution Force (Monywa)
Four regime forces were killed and another escaped in the town of Monywa, Sagaing Region on Saturday when a joint unit of resistance forces conducted a surprise attack on regime forces extorting money from vehicles on a road, according to Brothers Revolution Force (Monywa), which took part in the attack.
The resistance video shows anti-regime fighters, who had been secretly positioned in a truck, conducting surprise attacks on regime forces from a distance of less than 3 meters.
The resistance groups said they seized only one military weapon, as the soldier who escaped returned fire after taking cover.
Junta bases bombed in Sagaing
Resistance forces conduct drone strikes on regime targets in Shwebo Township on Saturday. / Wild Tiger PDF
Wild Tiger Local PDF said it and other resistance groups conducted drone strikes using improvised 60-mm bombs on regime bases in the pro-junta village of Tal Thee Taw, a base for pro-junta Pyu Saw Htee militia groups, in Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region on Saturday night.
Details of damages and casualties were unknown.
Military units attacked in Sagaing
Black Wolf Army claimed to have killed three junta soldiers and injured eight others when it and other resistance groups attacked two military units in Wetlet Township, Sagaing Region last Friday and Wednesday.
Pro-junta militia group attacked in Sagaing
Combined resistance forces attack a pro-junta militia base in Shwebo Township on Saturday. / SBFA
Shwebo Federal Army said it and other resistance groups attacked pro-junta Pyu Saw Htee militia forces in the pro-military village of Thee Lone in Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region at 1 a.m. last Friday.
The militia forces were raided while having drinks at a monastery in the village. Militia casualties were unknown.
Military unit bombed in Sagaing
Many regime forces are believed to have been killed or injured in Sagaing Township, Sagaing Region on Saturday when Ghost Team Ranger (Myinmu) and other resistance groups conducted drone strikes on a junta unit of 100 troops raiding and looting houses in Paukcar Village, said the resistance group.
The resistance groups continued to use drones to drop bombs on Nyaung Pin Wun police station in the township on the same day.
Military checkpoint ambushed in Tanintharyi
A junta soldier was killed in Dawei Township, Tanintharyi Region last Friday when resistance snipers ambushed regime forces at a military checkpoint near Phayar Mae Village, reported Dawei Information Center, a local revolutionary media outlet.
Junta forces bombed while looting houses in Magwe
Resistance drones drop bombs on junta troops looting houses in Myaing Township last Friday. / MRTF
The Middle Revolution Task Force said it believed regime forces were killed or injured when it conducted drone strikes on junta troops occupying Kun Taw Village in Myaing Township last Friday.
The junta troops were bombed while looting houses in the village.
