Twelve civilians are dead after the Burma Army bombed a wedding ceremony in Kler Lwe Htoo District. The Burma Army also burned a village and killed five civilians in three other villages. 

On May 20th, in Kler Lwe Htoo District, the Burma Army burned Win Ka Village, resulting in the death of one villager, and the next day shot and killed three villagers in Jo Chaung Village. On May 23, 2025, the Burma Army continued attacks in Ma Taw Gu Village, using howitzer artillery to kill a woman and injure an IDP. On May 25th, during a wedding ceremony, the Burma Army used jets to drop multiple bombs on Kyun Gyi Village, killing 12 villagers and injuring 27. Two of the deceased were children. Rangers assisted local Karen National Unioin (KNU) efforts to help with the injured, deceased, and six destroyed houses. In Mu Traw Distric,t a soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) was shot and killed by a Burma Army sniper. 

Pray for Kyun Gyi Village, which now grieves the devastating loss of 12 villagers, including two young children. Pray the Lord brings comfort in affliction to the 27 villagers wounded, and hope amidst the terror these bombings brought. 

Burma military attacked civilians with airstrikes and mortars, killing one villager and injuring four more. Rangers provided humanitarian aid to resistance forces and civilians.

Intense fighting between Burma military and KNLA forces in Doo Tha Htoo District resulted in the death of one villager and injuries to two others, as well as over nine homes destroyed. From May 16 to 20, in Kyaikhto Township, Burma military Infantry Battalion (IB) 101 invaded Win Ka Village and attacked the KNLA. During the clashes, Burma military killed two KNLA soldiers and burned six houses, forcing the inhabitants to flee into the forest. The Burma military looted the villagers’ homes, consumed their food and destroyed their property. On May 24, a Burma military jet dropped bombs on Moe Baw Natsin Village but no casualties were reported. 

In Thaton Township, Burma military Artillery Battalion 314 fired two 120mm mortars into Pannit Kone Village on May 21, killing one villager. The attack also injured two villagers and destroyed three houses.

From May 23 to 25, Rangers treated patients and supported frontline soldiers with essential needs during airstrikes in villages within Dooplaya District. On May 23, KNLA-allied forces seized Balah Doh Burma military camp in Kawtari Township. Four KNLA soldiers were injured and 10 Burma military soldiers were killedin the clash. On the same day in Kyondoe (Krutu) Township, Kaw Kwei and Mya Tha Peik villages, Rangers provided medical treatment to three Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) soldiers and supported frontline KNLA allied forces with food, water, mosquito repellent. Rangers also gave medical treatment to a villager on May 24 who was injured by a motorbike accident in Yae Pu Gyi Village. On May 25, the Burma military conducted an airstrike on Taw Oo Hta Village, injuring two villagers. On the same day, a Burma military soldier from IB 546 under 12 Infantry Division deserted to KNLA forces in Kyondoe Township. The deserter had been arrested in January 2025 by the Burma police via the conscription law. He was sent to jail for five days. On Jan 15, he was transported to Mawlamyine Melkli military academy for military training along with over 220 other people arrested under the conscription law. He served in the Burma military for two months. With the coordinated assistance of our Rangers, the KNDO and KNLA, the deserter has been successfully extracted and is now secured within a safe area.

Rangers provided shelter, Good Life Club programs, and medical clinics to IDPs and frontline medicine to soldiers in Karenni State. 

From 11-13 May, Rangers from Karenni State conducted a three-day relief mission to give food, clothing, and the love of Jesus to IDPs and their children in the IDP camps near the villages of Kay Tel Doh, Si Key Kay, and Htaw Doh. 

Ranger medics conducted a mobile medical clinic at each IDP camp for various ailments such as common cold, skin diseases, and hypertension for 179 displaced villagers and children. The Rangers conducted Good Life Club children’s programs to give hope to the people living in these IDP camps. 

On 22 May, a joint resistance force attacked a Burma Army position located at Bawlake in Karenni State, causing the Burma Army to fall back. The Burma Army responded with 20 airstrikes from four jet fighters. Resistance armed forces seized Burma Army stocks of arms and ammunition in addition to a Burma Army truck equipped with a drone jammer. Karenni Rangers followed the assault elements with casualty evacuation support and and treated casualties in a Casualty Collection Point (CCP).