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Myanmar’s junta loses first regional command base since 2021 coup

Armed groups in Myanmar fighting junta regime are making major, “historic,” gains in northeast since the breakdown of a cease-fire in June, VOA said, setting up push toward Mandalay, country’s 2nd largest city. Groups’ recent string wins was taking last week. Lashio HQ of the northeast regional command in Shan State. Lashio anchors is one of 14 regional commands across country is first to fall to resistance groups since seized power from a democratically govt in Feb 2021, setting off a bloody civil war.

With a population of some 150,000, it also largest city junta has lost and straddles main highway between Mandalay / Myanmar’s border with China, a key trade route.

“It’s just a massive, historic achievement for the resistance, something hasn’t been seen before, so, it will have lot of ramifications,” Arnold, an independent Myanmar analyst track fighting said. Of 14 regional command bases, Lashio was most heavily fortified & defended. “A massive garrison, with many layers of defense,”“if can’t keep Lashio, it can starts to open up lots of other questions about what they can keep.”
https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-s-junt...36363.html