Continued attacks by the Burma military have left four soldiers injured and many villagers displaced in Dooplaya and Doo Tha Htoo Districts. KNLA forces captured two different Burma Army camps in Hpa An District. Ranger teams continue to provide food, supplies, and medical assistance to IDPs and KNLA soldiers in the frontline.
In Doo Tha Htoo District on May 14, Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 207 and LIB 598 entered Kyeh Htoh Township and fired heavy artillery and mortars on multiple villages, including Win Kan Village, Bawkahta Village, and Kyauk Yae Twin Village. As a result, the villagers were forced to flee their homes. Ranger teams along with KNLA medics are providing food and medical treatment to the displaced villagers. The total number of people displaced due to the incident is still unknown.
On May 15, in Yae Kyaw Gyi Village, Kruh Tu Township, Dooplaya District, bombing by a Burma military Y-12 plane caused damage to a monastery in the village, while in Yae Kyaw Lay Village, Burma Army troops were documented moving supplies, patrolling, and digging trenches while wearing civilian clothes. In the same township, Rangers provided medical treatment and emergency medical evacuation to two KNLA Battalion 17 soldiers who were wounded in battle. They also provided medical care to 56 IDPs who fled on April 14 due to Burma military artillery shelling and Y-12 aerial bombings on Yae Kyaw Gyi Village. The IDPs are in urgent need of medicine, food, and hygiene products. During ongoing clashes between the Burma Army and the KNLA allied forces, an FBR team delivered food to the KNLA troops at the frontline on five different occasions. In Kaw T’ree Township, the Burma Army conducted eight drone attacks, dropping 60mm bombs on the Tha Mine Gone Village on May 16, injuring one KNLA soldier and displacing villagers.
In Hpa An District, the KNLA captured two Burma Army camps. On May 15, the KNLA captured the Maw Kee Lu Burma Army Camp. On May 19, KNLA Brigade 7 took control of Maw Pho Kay Burma Army Camp after the enemy surrendered and the enemy soldiers fled into Thailand. |