At least 22 Myanmar junta forces were killed in the last three days as People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) continued their attacks on regime targets across the country.
Incidents were reported in Sagaing, Magwe and Bago regions and Mon State.
The Irrawaddy has rounded up the following reports of significant attacks from PDFs.
Some military casualties could not be independently verified.
Clash erupts in Sagaing
Resistance fighters clash with regime forces in Ye-U Township on Wednesday. / MRDA
A 40-minute clash broke out in Ye-U Township, Sagaing Region on Wednesday when Myanmar Royal Dragon Army (MRDA) and other resistance groups jointly ambushed a military unit including pro-regime Pyu Saw Htee militias from the pro-military village of Aung Thar Yar, said the MRDA.
The resistance group ambushed the military unit while it was traveling to adjacent Kyauk Tine Village. Three junta forces were killed and two injured in the clash. All resistance forces retreated from the clash site when the junta base at Aung Thar Yar shelled them, the MRDA said.
Militia base bombed in Sagaing
A drone drops a bomb on pro-regime militia targets in a village in Kantbalu Township on Wednesday. / Kanbalu Underground Warriors
Some pro-junta Pyu Saw Htee militia members are believed to have been killed or injured in Kantbalu Township, Sagaing Region on Wednesday when Kanbalu Underground Warriors Force used mortar rounds and drones to bomb a base of the militia group at Yaw Village, the resistance group said.
After being bombed, the militia forces responded with firearms, but all resistance members retreated without casualties.
Regime forces killed in surprise attack in Sagaing
Resistance fighters attack regime targets from a moving vehicle in Monywa Township on Wednesday.
Resistance group Monywa Natsoe claimed to have killed two soldiers and injured two others in Monywa Township, Sagaing Region on Wednesday when it and two resistance groups conducted a surprise attack on 50 junta sentries in an industrial zone.
There were no resistance casualties, though the regime forces responded with firearms. The video shows resistance fighters attacking regime targets at close range from a moving vehicle.
Junta suffers heavy losses in resistance attacks in Magwe
At least 13 regime forces were killed in Pakokku Township, Magwe Region on Tuesday when local resistance groups conducted mine ambushes and drone strikes on regime targets, according to the resistance groups.
On Tuesday morning, five local resistance groups used drones to drop bombs on regime forces performing security duty on the Pakkoku-Kamma road. The resistance groups also triggered land mines to attack regime forces trying to remove mines planted in the road by the resistance groups. Four regime forces were killed in the attacks and two junta logistics vehicles were seized by the resistance groups.
That evening, Pakokku PDF and another PDF group triggered land mines to ambush a military unit of 300 troops performing security duty for a military convoy traveling from Saw Township to the military’s Division 101 based in Pakokku. In the ambushes, nine junta troops were killed and 13 others injured, claimed Pakokku PDF.
Later, the PDF groups continued to ambush the military convoys with land mines, damaging a vehicle.
Officer of junta Border Guard Force, wife killed in Mon
Kyaikhto Revolution Force (KRF) said it and another resistance group killed army Captain Win Soe from the junta’s Border Guard Force (BGF) and his wife in Kyaikhto Township, Mon State on Thursday morning.
The couple were attacked while traveling in a vehicle. Two weapons, a mobile phone and some documents were seized from the couple.
The KRF said the captain was notorious for operating gambling businesses and an illicit vehicle-trading business. He also arbitrarily shot dead a youth at a funeral and seized 300 acres (121.4 hectares) of farmland belonging to local residents. Additionally, he cooperated with junta forces in cutting the power supply to villages where residents are taking part in a nationwide protest by refusing to pay taxes to the military regime.
The captain was also accused of supporting the junta by arresting anti-regime activists.
Junta police patrol ambushed in Bago
Two junta policemen were killed and a police officer and a woman—who had eloped with one of the officers—were injured in Nattalin Township, Bago Region on Tuesday night when Phoenix Defense Force (Natallin PDF) triggered land mines to ambush a six-member police patrol team from Taung Nyo police station, said the resistance group.
The police officers, who were accompanied by the woman, were ambushed while they were returning on three motorbikes after patrolling in a village. Two motorbikes were also destroyed.
