TANINTHARYI DIVISION – The junta council carried out airstrikes at Nabu Le Region in Ye Phyu Township while Cyclone Mocha was affecting Myanmar.
Fighting has intensified between the junta forces and PDF near Dawei Special Economic Zone on Sunday (May 14) in the early morning.
Residents said that the junta forces used airstrikes as reinforcement for that battle. The junta council soldiers have been launching an offensive from Wat Chaung Village to Nabu Le Region where Dawei Special Economic Zone is located since 4 a.m.
PDF intercepted that junta column, and clashes occurred, and the fighting has intensified till around 9 a.m.
At around 8:30 a.m., the junta carried out airstrikes and dropped three bombs at Nan Thar Ai Su Region where some residents lived. “We saw that the junta dropped the bombs and its fighter jet, but we don’t know the civilian casualties,” said a resident.
Residents near Dawei Special Economic Zone are fleeing due to the heavy battles between the junta force and PDF. On May 8, PDF comrades intercepted the junta column, which launched an offensive from Wat Chaung Village.
The junta side had casualties during this battle, and after six days, the junta council fought by carrying out the airstrikes.