WEEKLY DISPATCH | Sep 16, 2024 | Free Burma Rangers

August 21, 2025

WEEKLY BURMA SUMMARY

A Burma military airstrike on Maw Chi Village that killed 32, wounded six, and leveled most of the buildings, including a hospital.

Thousands Displaced By Flooding and Burma Military Airstrikes

Ranger teams across Burma have been working hard to provide aid for a high number of IDPs forced from their homes by flooding and Burma Army attacks. Chief amongst these attacks, a Burma military bombing of Maw Chi Village, including the hospital, with an initial strike to cause chaos and a follow-up strike later to kill those helping provide aid to the wounded. These strikes killed 32 people and wounded six more. 


NORTHERN KAREN STATE

Rangers distribute tarps to IDPs. Tarps are invaluable to those displaced by recent flooding.

On Aug. 14 and 15, in southern Hsaw Hti Township (Kler Lwe Htoo District, Karen State) Rangers distributed tarps to 179 families, 652 people in total.

CENTRAL KAREN STATE

Left: Rangers unload food supplies delivered to resistance soldiers in Kaw T’ree Township.

Right: A monk receives medical treatment from Rangers.

Rangers treated casualties and donated supplies as resistance groups and the Burma Army clashed.


On Aug. 8, at Wawlay Town, Kaw T’ree Township, Dooplaya District, members of Cobra Column from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO) clashed with the Burma Army. Three resistance soldiers were injured by artillery. Burma Army casualties are unknown. A few days later on Aug. 11, Rangers provided food supplies for resistance soldiers in the same area. On Aug. 13-14, Ranger medics treated an elderly monk, a child suffering from illness, a wounded soldier, and two others. On Aug. 17 between Daung Plang and San Phla villages, Dooplaya District, a Burma military Yak-130 jet dropped two 500lb bombs. No casualties or building damage were reported. 


On August 14, 2025, at 1430 in PuLu Palaw IDP Camp, T’Nay Township, Hpa-an District, Rangers prayed for an injured soldier and donated audio Bibles to members of the hospital.

KARENNI STATE

Left: A Ranger performs a needle decompression on a wounded soldier in Karenni State.

Right: Students learn casualty carries during a training in Demosso Township.

Rangers delivered medical aid, treated over 100 wounded resistance soldiers, evacuated civilians, and supported IDPs with tarps and 2 million kyats for school rebuilding in camps in Loikaw and Bawlake districts. In contrast, Burma military airstrikes killed 32 civilians and destroyed a hospital and homes in Maw Chi Village. 


In Demosso Township, Loikaw District, Rangers conducted combat first aid training for 16 Karenni National People’s Liberation Front (KNPLF) soldiers from Aug. 4 to 9. The instruction covered care under fire, battlefield first aid procedures, and casualty evacuation methods. Burma military advances into Pa Daw Du Village forced villagers to flee to safer areas. 


On Aug. 8, Rangers evacuated four civilian households from Daw Ta Dar Village that were located near the Burma military position in Pa Daw Du Village. Rangers provided three tarpaulins to KNDF on Aug. 11 in Htee Poe Ka Loe Village. Rangers provided five tarpaulins on Aug. 14 to 270 IDPs to help them build water reservoirs in Elephant IDP camp in Loikaw Township. However, the IDPs are still in need of food. On Aug. 15, Rangers provided two million kyats to support rebuilding a school in Htee Par Thu Khoe IDP camp, Hpruso Township. 


Burma military advanced to Mar Nar Pa Lot Village in Demosso Township on Aug. 17 and launched a drone attack on KNDF positions, injuring one KNDF soldier. Rangers evacuated the wounded soldier to the frontline CCP and provided medical treatment. 


In Hpasawng Township, Bawlake District, on Aug. 12, four resistance soldiers were injured by landmines on the frontline during reconnaissance. Rangers evacuated and treated them. On Aug. 14, Karenni Army (KA), KNPLF, Karen National Solidarity Organisation (KNSO) and People’s Defense Force (PDF) attacked a Burma military Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 135 camp in Hpasawng, with multiple casualties reported. A second attack occurred on Aug. 17, during which there were additional injuries for the resistance. Rangers provided support at the frontline Casualty Collection Point (CCP), assisting in the treatment of the wounded resistance personnel. Burma military carried out two airstrikes on Maw Chi Village on the same day, one targeting the hospital and another hitting inside the village, killing 32 people, wounding six and destroying the hospital building along with numerous houses.


On Aug. 13, just across in the border in Phekhon Township, southern Shan State, Rangers supported one tarp for the school in Yan Yaw Village and another 8 tarps for 93 IDPs.

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