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SAGAING DIVISION – Local residents reported that fighting has been intense since 4 a.m. on January 17 at Tigyaing Township where the junta army reinforced strong manpower and ammunition.
“Battles broke out at Mya Taung side since the morning. The junta army is using many drones in the attack,” said a local resident.
The fascist army reportedly reinforced with two military columns, which added up to a total of 500 soldiers in strength.
A leader of a village People’s Defence Organization (PDO) commented that even though the clashes occurred again in Tigyaing, the actual details of the current battle are not yet known.
The junta council has increased its manpower at Tigyaing and Mya Taung last December and this January, which raised the combined junta strength at both locations to around 1,000 soldiers in total, People’s Defence Forces said.
On January 13, the junta army operated airstrikes towards Tigyaing Town using three helicopters from Myitkyina Air Base. The junta council had also replenished ammunition including 40mm motors and other weapons to their army but revolutionary forces were able to seize them as it was dropped to the wrong location.
“They (junta council) dropped it in the wrong place. We got heavy weapons and guns,” said one of the revolutionary comrades.
It is also known that the fascist army has deployed its forces in many areas of Tigyaing Town, and the Defence Forces have been forced to withdraw from the Town.
The battle to seize Tigyaing Town started on November 10 and the junta army conducted multiple airstrikes and bombardments which resulted destroying many buildings in Tigyaing and killed hundreds of civilians, as reported by revolutionary forces.