08-01-2024, 05:10 PM
Myanmar Military in Chaos,’ Swift Capture of Strategic Outpost Shows.
junta military’s failure to prevent resistance forces from swiftly seizing a strategic outpost this week in northern Shan State – one that links the area with Mandalay Region – shows that it is in chaos and has become weak, resistance forces and a former Tatmadaw captain say.
The commander of the outpost in Nawnghkio Township’s Thanbo village had no combat experience and neither did many of the troops he was assigned to lead. Myanmar Junta Detains Generals Who Surrendered to Resistance in Laukkai...Myanmar military regime has locked up six brigadier generals who last week surrendered to the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), resulting in the ethnic armed group’s capture of Laukkai—the capital of northern Shan State’s Kokang Self-Administered Zone—from several junta battalions that had been defending it.
The detention of officers was in line with military procedure, calls for those who surrender on the battlefield to be detained, after being released by the enemy, & questioned in order to decide whether they should face punishment for any military offenses, said the source...
junta military’s failure to prevent resistance forces from swiftly seizing a strategic outpost this week in northern Shan State – one that links the area with Mandalay Region – shows that it is in chaos and has become weak, resistance forces and a former Tatmadaw captain say.
The commander of the outpost in Nawnghkio Township’s Thanbo village had no combat experience and neither did many of the troops he was assigned to lead. Myanmar Junta Detains Generals Who Surrendered to Resistance in Laukkai...Myanmar military regime has locked up six brigadier generals who last week surrendered to the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), resulting in the ethnic armed group’s capture of Laukkai—the capital of northern Shan State’s Kokang Self-Administered Zone—from several junta battalions that had been defending it.
The detention of officers was in line with military procedure, calls for those who surrender on the battlefield to be detained, after being released by the enemy, & questioned in order to decide whether they should face punishment for any military offenses, said the source...