At least 23 Myanmar junta troops were killed in the last three days as People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) and a Karen ethnic armed organization continued their attacks on regime targets in some regions.
Incidents were reported in Magwe, Sagaing and Bago regions.
The Irrawaddy has collected the following reports of significant attacks from PDFs and the EAO.
Some military casualties could not be verified.
Junta forces killed in resistance attacks in Bago
At least three regime forces were killed and many injured in Phyuu Township, Bago Region on Sunday when resistance forces attacked regime targets, said the Defense Ministry of the civilian National Unity Government (NUG).
First, White Peacock Drone Force and another resistance group dropped drone bombs on regime forces stationed in a village near Kanyut Kwin Town on Sunday morning, killing two soldiers and injuring two others.
On the same morning, PDF group Yoma Column and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the country’s oldest rebel group the Karen National Union (KNU), used snipers to attack regime forces stationed on Oak Phyat Bridge, killing a soldier.
In the afternoon, Yoma Column continued to drop drone bombs on regime forces stationed near the police station in Oak Phyat Village, injuring five junta troops, said the Defense Ministry.
Junta camp seized by resistance forces in Magwe
Yaw Defense Forces take part in a raid on a military camp in Gangaw Township on Monday. / Yaw Defense Force
Yaw Defense Forces claimed to have killed three regime soldiers in Gangaw Township, Magwe Region on Monday when it raided a hilltop military camp near the junta’s Weapons Factory 23 based in Kyaw town.
The rest of the soldiers fled the resistance raid, abandoning their camp and the bodies of their dead comrades.
Two military weapons and some ammunition were seized along with mobile phones, said YDF.
Shootout reported in Magwe
A 20-minute shootout broke out in Myaing Township, Magwe Region on Monday when resistance sentries of Myaing Villages Revolution Front (MVRF) and another resistance group attacked a military unit of 80 troops entering Htan Phone Taw Village, killing two soldiers and injuring five others.
Resistance forces retreated from the village without any casualties. Later, the junta unit torched houses in the village. The miliary unit stopped torching and retreated from the village when the combined resistance group conducted drone strikes against the unit, said MVRF.
Military checkpoint raided in Magwe
Resistance forces attack a military checkpoint in Yay Pyar Village in Pauk Township on Tuesday. / Anonymous Special Task Force (Pauk)
A junta police officer was killed and a number of other regime forces fled in Pauk Township, Magwe Region on Tuesday when five resistance groups raided a military checkpoint in Yay Pyar Village, said Anonymous Special Task Force (Pauk), which took part in the raid.
A junta weapon and some ammunition were seized in the raid.
Military convoy hit by mine in Magwe
A military convoy is hit by mine blasts on the Pauk-Pakokku road in Pauk Township on Sunday. / Anonymous Special Task Force (Pauk)
The Anonymous Special Task Force (Pauk) said it and four other resistance groups triggered 12 land mines to ambush a military convoy of 80 vehicles from Yay Pyar Village while it was traveling from Pauk to Pakokku Township on Sunday.
Regime forces are believed to have been killed or injured when two vehicles were hit by the blasts.
Junta forces attacked in Magwe
A miliary sergeant was killed in Yenangyaung Township, Magwe Region on Monday when Magwe District PDF Battalion 2 and other groups attacked regime forces from military Infantry Battalion 77 while they were patrolling in the town after shopping at a market.
Regime forces killed in resistance ambush in Sagaing
Combined resistance forces engage in a clash with regime forces in Shwebo Township on Monday. / MDF (Shwebo)
Myanmar Defense Force (Shwebo) said it and seven resistance groups killed seven regime troops when it ambushed a military unit of 20 troops on Monday while it was traveling to Chipar Village in Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region, which has been raided and occupied by another military unit, with several villagers detained.
After the ambush, the military units killed two village youths and released others. They left the village on Tuesday.
Regime forces killed, arrested in Sagaing
The Union Liberation Front (ULF), which comprises 18 local resistance groups, said it killed a soldier and arrested an army officer when it ambushed an advance unit of 25 junta troops that were heading out from their base in Nwar Chan Kone Village in Kani Township, Sagaing Region on Sunday.
Two bombs and many rounds were also seized from the military unit, the group said.
Military unit ambushed with mines in Sagaing
At least five regime troops were killed in Sagaing Township, Sagaing Region on Sunday when the People’s Army to Fight Dictatorship used improvised land mines to ambush a military unit, the resistance group said.
The regime forces responded with firearms but all resistance members retreated from the ambush site without casualties.
Junta bases bombed in Sagaing
Salingyi Special Task Force conducts a drone strike against a police outpost in Salingyi Township recently. / SSTF
Salingyi Special Task Force (SSTF) said it used an improvised remote-controlled airplane to drop bombs on the township police station in Salingyi Town, Sagaing Region on Tuesday.
It also conducted drone strikes on junta-controlled township General Administration Department offices in Kani town and another junta base in the pro-regime village of Yay Lal Kyun in Kani Township on Sunday.
Regime casualties were unknown.
