Myanmar 🇲🇲: a symbolic victory for the resistance today as five of the seven junta ships which managed to reach Bhamo last week were sunk by KIA/PDF drones on their way back to Shwegu.
Once again it is demonstrated how resistance FPVs dominate the upper Irrawaddy.
Myanmar 🇲🇲: hundreds of junta soldiers appear to have surrendered to the KIA/PDF after two boats raised the white flag and went ashore.
Major victory and morale boost for the resistance which has been suffering a string of defeats in recent months.
One EAO leader told the author, “There is an English proverb: ‘Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.’ But we have already been fooled too many times. At this point, we no longer know where the shame lies in continuing to believe them.…”
https://t.co/SGXPqkKw8J
I have just come back Myanmar 🇲🇲 where I spent two weeks traveling around the resistance-held territories of the Sagaing region. Its a remote region which no other foreign press has managed to visit since the start of the war five years ago.
I'll share some impressions below 🧵
Reporting here on how reliant the junta has become on Russia, with insights from analysts and a former #Myanmar military officer trained in St Petersburg.
https://t.co/GHtEo22WOV
#whatshappeninginMyanmar
The collapse of northern Shan State’s united front against the junta has left Beijing as the key powerbroker on Myanmar’s northeastern frontier.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
https://t.co/vuYCmKLRAm
Civilians captured by a raiding party of Burmese junta and forced to dig graves for some in the party who were executed by junta forces. 14 children were killed by airstrikes nearby.
While the rest of the world looks elsewhere, the junta's terrorism continues unchecked.
A Myanmar Now investigation exposes the role of Myanmar’s dreaded military intelligence apparatus in the creation of two of the country’s most prominent English-language publications
***This article is not paywalled***
Read more:
https://t.co/hzjXe3QIoL
"There is one country which intervenes in Myanmar, it is China and only China." That's what the head of one of the country's powerful armed groups told me during a visit to Shan state, a key region where China is playing powerbroker.
https://t.co/ZOMMjivA2Y
Another video of the sort I'd seen less than a week ago.
It remains remarkable to me how resistance members face down these moments with a hushed mix of resolve, acceptance, & good-spirits.
(this is the second such video from this individual this month)
Where is Myanmar's junta getting the jet fuel to carry out deadly bombing raids on civilians? Iran. Read this important expose from @Reuters. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://t.co/QWI51ExLrF
@MFA_China The Chinese way of meddling in another country's affairs is what they are doing to Burma (Myanmar) by helping the military regain lost territories from Kokang and TNLA armies. #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar
@LindseyGrahamSC China has also aligned with the Burmese military, which is supported by Russia as well. The Burmese military leaders are benefitting from scam centers in Burma run by the Chinese gangs.
The Chinese government warned the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) off disrupting the Beijing-brokered handover process of Mongmit in northern Shan State to Myanmar’s military regime, The Irrawaddy has learned.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
https://t.co/6i7XuGP1dL