KARENNI STATE – The Karenni Nationalities Defence Force(KNDF) announced on January 28 that the Mawchi region, which is the source of important and precious metals, has been taken under the control of the KNDF without a fight.
The statement was mentioned in the military news release.
The fascist army’s troops at military camps, inspection gates, and military hills in Hpasawng Township at Mawchi region abandoned the place they were stationed and ran away without having any battle.
In addition, the junta army’s 12-mile hill military base between Ywathit and Bawlakhe towns was being attacked by Karenni Revolutionary Forces and Ywathit Town was able to take control in the third week of January.
After KNDF was able to completely seize and control Mese Township at the end of 2023, the military status intensified in several townships of Karenni State, and battles spread until Hsihseng Township, the border of the Shan-Karenni (Kayah) area.
In addition, Karenni Revolutionary Forces have taken control of the entrance and exit of Pekon Town in Southern Shan State and Mobye Town after launching attacks. The terrorist junta council’s soldiers were no longer able to control the town, instead, they could only hide inside their battalion, KNDF stated.
Since the end of 2023, since the Karenni Revolutionary Forces launched the 11.11 operation, the KNDF has fought and captured twenty junta army’s military bases in Loikaw, Demoso, Mobye, Shadaw, Bawlakhe, and Pekon towns.
At present, as the Karenni Revolutionary Forces have the upper hand on the ground, the terrorist military council forces only have to rely on conducting airstrikes. The KNDF alerted the public to be vigilant.