Myanmar Military News Updates – Oct 09, 2025 Evening
🚩🚩 1. International Media Highlight Military Airstrike on Candle Lighting Festival in Chaung Oo Township
October 9
International media outlets have prominently featured the Myanmar junta’s airstrike on a candle lighting festival held in Bon Toe Village, Chaung Oo Township, Sagaing Region.
The air attack, which took place on the full moon night of Thadingyut (October 6)—a sacred Buddhist festival day—was carried out by the terrorist junta using paramotors. The incident was widely reported by major international media outlets such as The New York Times (USA), The Independent and BBC (UK), Al Jazeera, Metro, AFP, and The Times of India, which all featured the story as top news.
These reports denounced the airstrike on a Buddhist religious festival as another brutal act by the terrorist junta against civilians.
According to local sources, the attack on Bon Toe Village’s candle lighting ceremony caused civilian casualties, raising the death toll to 24.
The Ministry of Human Rights under the National Unity Government (NUG) condemned the attack, stating that the military council continues to commit war crimes against the people—even on sacred religious occasions—solely to maintain its unlawful power. The Ministry vowed to continue its efforts to bring the junta to justice through all possible means.
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🚩🚩 2. Fierce Battles Continue in Bhamo as Junta Launches Airstrikes, Says KIA
October 9
Fighting continues to intensify in Bhamo, Kachin State, as the junta conducts airstrikes, according to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
Citing frontline sources, the KIA’s information department reported that clashes between the terrorist junta and KIA-allied forces have been occurring daily inside Bhamo.
Beginning the evening of October 6, junta troops—reinforced in large numbers—launched offensives about three miles outside Bhamo, sparking heavy battles with KIA coalition forces.
On October 7, more intense clashes took place around five miles outside Bhamo between advancing junta columns and KIA-allied troops. Frontline sources confirmed that during these battles, the junta relied heavily on airpower.
Although KIA’s information department did not release full operational details, military sources stated that the KIA coalition managed to recapture at least four junta-held positions near LIB-47.
During fighting in Bhamo this October alone, more than 30 junta personnel—including three officers from LIB-237, IB-387, and IB-451—have been killed, according to Kachin military sources.
Meanwhile, in Waingmaw, KIA-allied forces also clashed with advancing junta troops and successfully seized two military and militia outposts on October 8.
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🚩🚩 3. Thirteen Junta Soldiers Killed in Two-Day Battle in Yephyu; Military Torches Civilian Homes
October 9
Thirteen junta soldiers were killed during two consecutive days of fighting in Yephyu Township, Tanintharyi Region, while the retreating military forces burned down civilian homes, according to the Dukara Column’s statement released on October 9.
A junta column of about 200 troops arrived at Pugaw Zun Village on September 28, where they arrested villagers, looted gold and valuables, and destroyed homes.
On September 29, the same column advanced from Wet Chaung Village to Khamoung Chaung Village, where they continued arresting residents and destroying homes and shops.
Upon reaching E Ka Ni Village around noon on September 30, intense clashes broke out between the junta troops and revolutionary forces, lasting two full days.
By 6 p.m. on October 1, the two-day battle had left thirteen junta soldiers dead. Some of the bodies were burned on site, while others were cremated by People’s Defense Forces (PDFs).
Before withdrawing, the junta troops set fire to ten civilian houses in E Ka Ni Village and damaged several others. Among the destroyed homes was that of Pyusawhti militia leader and USDP member Naing Oo, along with five other homes belonging to junta supporters, according to the Dukara Column.
The joint attack on the junta column was carried out by the Dukara Column of the Dawei National Liberation Army (DNLA), together with the Daung Natt Battalion-6, Yephyu Southern Air Defense Unit, Dawei District Joint Forces, and allied groups. One resistance fighter was killed heroically, and three others sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
The revolutionary groups urged civilians to remain vigilant due to the junta’s ongoing air raids, and appealed to junta soldiers and police who wish to stand on the side of truth to defect and take refuge with the people as soon as possible.
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🚩🚩 4. Disabled Woman and Three Displaced Children Killed in Junta Airstrike on Mindat Township
October 9
A disabled woman and three internally displaced children were killed when the terrorist junta bombed two villages in Mindat Township, Chin State, according to local sources.
At around 7 p.m. on October 8, junta aircraft dropped bombs on Wan Mthuu and Htin Chaung village schools, killing displaced children who had taken refuge there.
Local sources confirmed that the junta deliberately targeted the schools, even though no revolutionary forces were active in the area and only students were attending classes.
According to Salai Yaw Man, a member of the Mindat Township People’s Administration, the attack on Htin Chaung school killed three children and a disabled woman and injured twenty-two others.
Fortunately, there were no civilian casualties reported in the attack on Wan Mthuu school.
The junta had previously bombed Mindat twice on October 4, injuring three civilians and damaging residential homes and hotels.
Mindat Town has been under the control of the Chin Defense Force (CDF–Mindat) and its allies since December 2024, after which the junta has repeatedly carried out airstrikes targeting the town and surrounding areas.
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🚩🚩 5. Junta Bombs Nam Man Bridge in Kyaukme Township
October 9
The terrorist junta has bombed and destroyed the Nam Man Bridge in Kyaukme Township, an area under the control of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)’s Brigade 2, according to a TNLA statement.
On October 8, the junta dropped two 250-pound bombs from aircraft, destroying the bridge.
This is the second time the Nam Man Bridge has been destroyed—the first was during Operation 1027 (Part II) when the junta blew it up with mines.
During the Operation 1027 campaign launched in October 2023, TNLA-led forces captured Kyaukme, Hsipaw, Namhkam, Monglon, Monekoe, Mantong, Namtu, Kutkai, Naungcho, Namkham, Mongngaw, and Mogoke in Mandalay Region.
However, by mid-2025, junta forces launched large-scale counteroffensives on the ground and from the air, retaking Naungcho in July and Kyaukme in early October.
The TNLA reported that the junta’s current offensives are part of its desperate efforts to secure control before holding a sham election at the end of this year.
TNLA stated that its forces are currently mounting counterattacks and called on all revolutionary and ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State to join in coordinated military action against the junta.
It also urged civilians to remain alert and follow air-raid safety measures to avoid junta airstrikes.
The above reports were filed by Radio NUG correspondent Ko Khant.
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