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June 26, 2026 |
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IDP children watch as Rangers conduct a GLC in southern Shan State. |
Rangers Provide Critical Supplies and Relief as Burma Army Targets Civilians |
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Clashes in eastern Burma continue as resistance forces continue to drive Burma Army from their positions. In northern Karen State, the Burma Army launched deadly attacks on villages, while Rangers responded with emergency aid for displaced families. In central Karen, Burma Army struck Kaw T’ree Township with artillery and airstrikes as the resistance captured a Burma Army base and continued their siege of the town of Kawkareik. In southern Karen State, resistance forces were met with multiple military strikes as they clashed with the Burma Army in Tanintharyi Township. In Karenni and southern Shan States, Rangers conducted two GLC programs for over 1,000 IDPs and treated 420 patients, while an explosive disposal team trained local soldiers and farmers on how to safely clear landmines to reduce casualties. |
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Left: An IDP man carries rice from Rangers back to his temporary home. Right: IDP families wait to receive food distributed by Ranger teams. |
Top: An IDP man carries rice from Rangers back to his temporary home. Bottom: IDP families wait to receive food distributed by Ranger teams. |
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On June 18 in Kler Lwe Htoo District, the Burma Army attacked two villages with airstrikes and artillery while Rangers provided material support to IDP families. In Mone Township, the Burma Army dropped a 500lb bomb, resulting in the death of one villager and injuries to three more. On the same day, in Yoe Dah Village, Ler Doh Township, the Burma Army shot artillery into the village, injuring one militia soldier. On June 20, Rangers partnered with emergency relief teams from Ler Doh Township to provide rice to 460 people from Mone Township who are taking shelter in Ler Doh Township, then gave financial gifts to widows and orphans in the community.
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Rangers transporting a wounded KNLA soldier to receive treatment. |
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In Nger Tine Village, attacks by the Burma Army resulted in injuries to several soldiers. On June 17, six soldiers, three from the Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO), and three from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), were injured by 60mm mortar fire from the Burma Army. On June 18, a Mon Liberation Army (MLA, resistance allied force) soldier died as a result of a lung injury by an unknown heavy weapon. Also on June 18, another KNLA soldier was seriously injured by RPG-7 fire, and on June 19, a KNDO soldier sustained an injury from a 120mm mortar, both attacks from the Burma Army. On June 23, a Burma Army jet fighter dropped a bomb on resistance forces near the village, killing three KNDO soldiers and injuring two more. In most of these instances, Ranger medics were on-site to evacuate and transport them to a casualty collection point.
In Ukrit Hta Village, two separate landmine incidents occurred on June 17 and June 21, as two KNLA soldiers sustained serious leg injuries. KNLA combat and rescue teams treated the injured and one was evacuated for further care. Between June 19 and June 21st in Ukereithta Village, KNLA and allied forces continued fighting with the Burma Army near the Ukereithta Bridge. The Burma Army responded with artillery fire from the Wawlay base, targeting hill positions and surrounding farmlands. KNLA forces managed to seize Htee Kapalae Base on June 22, seizing ammunition and a generator after the Burma Army soldiers fled. In Maw Tu Village, Rangers treated several farmers in the area who were suffering from malaria. |
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A village home after being struck by a 120mm mortar shell. |
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On June 17, the joint forces of KNLA and Kawthoolei Army (KTLA) attacked the Burma Army with sniper fire, and then later with drone strikes near the west bank of Nyaungpinkwin Village.
Then, on June 17, KNLA launched an attack on the Burma Army, to which they responded with a helicopter assault. Several hours later, resistance forces initiated a second attack, and sustained no casualties. On June 19, KNLA and allied forces again engaged the Burma Army in the village, and five resistance soldiers were injured, with unknown casualties on the Burma Army side. On June 20, a Burma Army drone dropped a 120mm mortar shell on a civilian home, completely destroying it, but no casualties were reported.
On June 18 in Kyein Village, a Burma Army jet fighter dropped three 250lb bombs near a Christian church. Two detonated, causing damage to the church, despite no prior fighting in the area. |
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The GLC skit brought beaming smiles to the participants during the program in Don Yeh Kuh Village, Karenni State. |
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In Karenni State on June 9th, Rangers conducted a GLC program near Don Yeh Kuh Village for 553 IDPs and provided medical treatment to 70 patients. On June 12, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team responded to reports of M14 and M16 mines in Thay Su Let Village. They met with the village elder and provided mine detection and tourniquet training after observing that farmers had been using a backhoe to clear mines. To improve de-mining safety, the team supplied improvised mine-clearing tools to the villagers. On June 13, the EOD team conducted training in the use of drones to help detect mines remotely, with attendees from various resistance groups.
In southern Shan State, on June 11, Rangers conducted a GLC in Le Tdown Village for 480 IDPs and operated a mobile medical clinic for two days, delivering medical care to 350 IDPs. |
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