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23-02-2024, 10:17 PM
Arakan Army Seizes Junta Police Station Near Rakhine Capital. Arakan Army (AA) says it seized Ponnagyun Township police station near Rakhine State’s capital Sittwe on Thursday. Ponnagyun is on the Yangon-Sittwe road about 30km north of state capital, where regime has tightened security.
Karen Brigades Take More Territory From Myanmar Junta: KNU...Karen National Union (KNU) has captured more territory in Mon and Karen states and Bago Region where the ethnic armed group’s three brigades are based, according to KNU spokesman Padoh Saw Taw Nee. KNU spokesman last month traveled to the front line in Thaton District where KNU Brigade 1 is based, Nyaunglebin District in Bago Region where Brigade 3 is based, Doopalaya District in southeastern Karen State where Brigade 6 is based.
Padoh Saw Taw Nee reported on his front-line visits in a recently published video. The KNU’s armed wing, Karen National Liberation Army, occupied Let Khet mountain over looking Myawaddy town near Thai border in July last year, and has since successfully repulsed 13 junta attacks to retake the mountain, KNU spokesman said.
It now has control over the Asian Highway from Myawaddy to Kyonedoe town, with its troops primarily deployed in rural areas. “We have controlled the Asian Highway since December,” he said in the video.
In Bago Region, KNU Brigade 3 territory has expanded from rural areas in Kyaukkyi, Mone and Shwekkyin townships to over 60 villages in Pyu, Madauk, Nyaunglebin, Kyauktaga, Penwegon and Natthangwin on the west bank of the Sittaung River, said Padoh Saw Taw Nee.
Meanwhile, KNU Brigade 1 has gained territory in Mon State’s Thaton District townships of Bilin and Kyaikto, as well as neighboring Hpa-an in Karen State, he added.
“In Kyaikto, our troops can now wander around Kyaiktiyo (Golden Rock) Pagoda. Kyaikto Township is adjacent to Shwekyin Township. We can now go to the outskirts of Theinzayat.”
In areas controlled by the three KNLA brigades, junta troops no longer dare to leave their bases and have been reduced to a defensive position, Padoh Saw Taw Nee said.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/kar...a-knu.html
Karen Brigades Take More Territory From Myanmar Junta: KNU...Karen National Union (KNU) has captured more territory in Mon and Karen states and Bago Region where the ethnic armed group’s three brigades are based, according to KNU spokesman Padoh Saw Taw Nee. KNU spokesman last month traveled to the front line in Thaton District where KNU Brigade 1 is based, Nyaunglebin District in Bago Region where Brigade 3 is based, Doopalaya District in southeastern Karen State where Brigade 6 is based.
Padoh Saw Taw Nee reported on his front-line visits in a recently published video. The KNU’s armed wing, Karen National Liberation Army, occupied Let Khet mountain over looking Myawaddy town near Thai border in July last year, and has since successfully repulsed 13 junta attacks to retake the mountain, KNU spokesman said.
It now has control over the Asian Highway from Myawaddy to Kyonedoe town, with its troops primarily deployed in rural areas. “We have controlled the Asian Highway since December,” he said in the video.
In Bago Region, KNU Brigade 3 territory has expanded from rural areas in Kyaukkyi, Mone and Shwekkyin townships to over 60 villages in Pyu, Madauk, Nyaunglebin, Kyauktaga, Penwegon and Natthangwin on the west bank of the Sittaung River, said Padoh Saw Taw Nee.
Meanwhile, KNU Brigade 1 has gained territory in Mon State’s Thaton District townships of Bilin and Kyaikto, as well as neighboring Hpa-an in Karen State, he added.
“In Kyaikto, our troops can now wander around Kyaiktiyo (Golden Rock) Pagoda. Kyaikto Township is adjacent to Shwekyin Township. We can now go to the outskirts of Theinzayat.”
In areas controlled by the three KNLA brigades, junta troops no longer dare to leave their bases and have been reduced to a defensive position, Padoh Saw Taw Nee said.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/kar...a-knu.html
