Myanmar Military News Updates – Oct 26, 2025 Morning
🚩🚩 1. MDSI Reports that Coordinated Attacks on Military-Owned Defense Factories (KaPaSa 5, 6, 9, 14, 16) by AA and Allied Forces Could Significantly Undermine Junta’s Military Capabilities
October 25
Radio NUG
According to the Myanmar Defence and Security Institute (MDSI), if the Arakan Army (AA) and allied resistance forces successfully carry out systematic attacks on the junta’s key defense production facilities — KaPaSa factories (5, 6, 9, 14, and 16) — the military council’s operational capacity could be severely weakened.
These KaPaSa factories are described as vital arteries in the junta’s weapons production and logistical support network. Damage to any of these sites could cause a critical collapse in the junta’s nationwide combat capabilities, MDSI noted.
KaPaSa (6) factory, located near Nyaung Chay Htauk Village, U Shit Pin Town, in Pantan Township, Bago Region, close to the Rakhine border, is a major plant responsible for producing iron and metal components essential for weapons manufacturing. MDSI stated that if AA and allied forces manage to disrupt this facility, the junta’s weapons production could be crippled, leading to a noticeable reduction in its combat strength.
KaPaSa (5) and KaPaSa (16) factories primarily manufacture ammunition for artillery shells and bombs. KaPaSa (5) is located near the intersection of Pathien-Monywa Road and Kamma Road in Pantan Township, while KaPaSa (16) is situated in Ma Thone Village, along the Rakhine frontier. If these factories are successfully targeted by AA offensives, ammunition production would be halted, creating severe shortages in the junta’s artillery and bomb supplies.
KaPaSa (9), located in Kyauk Phu Village, is a main facility producing small arms ammunition for infantry use. The plant is reportedly situated only about 10 miles from an active AA combat zone. Destruction of this site would disrupt the junta’s small arms supply chain, leading to a significant loss of ground combat capability nationwide.
KaPaSa (14) factory, located near Nat Yay Kan strategic base along the An–Padan road at the Magway border, produces small arms components and PCB circuit boards for aerial bombs. MDSI highlighted that if AA attacks were to damage this factory, the junta’s capacity to produce aerial bombs would be reduced, significantly impairing its airstrike capabilities.
As of October 14, AA offensives had advanced to the Pan Kan Kwe Village and reached the vicinity of the Nat Yay Kan strategic base, positioning them close enough to pose a direct threat to these KaPaSa facilities.
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🚩🚩 2. KIA Shoots Down Junta Reconnaissance Drone Using Small Arms
October 25
Radio NUG
According to military sources, a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldier from Brigade 11 successfully shot down and destroyed a junta reconnaissance drone using only a small firearm while it was flying over the area.
The incident occurred on October 24 in the Man Win Gyi region of Mansi Township, Kachin State. Reports from 7 Stars News indicate that a KIA sergeant led the operation.
It was further reported that the reconnaissance drone — used by the junta for surveillance purposes — was downed solely with small arms fire (a rifle).
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🚩🚩 3. Federal Dhuwun Kyarr Force Arrests Pyu Saw Htee Leader Responsible for Rape and Civilian Killings in Launglon Township
October 25
Radio NUG
According to reports from the Federal Dhuwun Kyarr Force, its troops captured U Soe Than, a Pyu Saw Htee militia leader responsible for multiple cases of rape and the unlawful arrest and killing of civilians in Launglon Township, Tanintharyi Region, on October 21.
U Soe Than, the Pyu Saw Htee leader based in Kyauk Ni Maw Village, was apprehended around 11:00 a.m. while having lunch at his home. The arrest operation took place under highly risky conditions, as Kyauk Ni Maw Village is located near a junta military gate checkpoint. Local sources indicated that this is the first time such a high-level arrest was successfully executed in this area.
Since the military coup, U Soe Than has been actively involved in junta operations to secure control over land and waterways in Launglon Township. He is known to have committed numerous atrocities, including torching civilian homes in Kyauk Ni Maw and neighboring villages, arbitrarily arresting and executing innocent civilians, committing rape against local women, engaging in armed robbery, and extorting money from local fishermen under threat of violence.
He is currently being held for interrogation concerning his crimes, and further legal action will be taken to ensure he faces appropriate punishment, according to the Federal Dhuwun Kyarr Force.
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🚩🚩 4. Junta Gyrocopters and Paramotors Bomb Villages in Shwebo, Myinmu, and Pakokku Townships
October 25
Radio NUG
According to local reports, on the morning of October 25 at around 10:30 a.m., a junta gyrocopter dropped two bombs on a school located in Nyaung Pin Thar Village, western Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region. The explosions destroyed two classroom buildings.
One bomb struck the area in front of the two-storey school building and another exploded in the school playground. Fortunately, no casualties were reported.
Additionally, on the night of October 24, the military council carried out airborne bomb attacks on villages along the border between Myinmu Township and Pakokku Township using three paramotors.
The attacks killed two civilians — one man and one woman — and injured two other women, both of whom reportedly suffered serious wounds.
In addition to bombings, junta troops aboard the paramotors also fired machine guns at the villages.
Since October 22, a junta column departing from Pakokku has been conducting offensives in villages along the Myinmu–Pakokku border area. As of now, the column has set up camp at Nyaung Jit Pin Village in Waso Village Tract, according to reports.
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🚩🚩 5. Three Civilians, Including a Child, Injured in Junta Heavy Artillery Attacks on Win Kan and Ma Zaw Villages
October 25
Radio NUG
According to the Karen National Union (KNU) Central Information Department, the terrorist junta, which is staging sham elections within KNU-controlled Kaw Thoo Lei territory in an attempt to gain international legitimacy, fired two 81-mm heavy artillery shells at a civilian village without any active combat on October 22, 2025, at 10:10 a.m..
The shells were fired by troops from Military Commission (Kha Ma Ya-598), stationed at Zarap Gyi, into an area where civilians live.
One of the shells exploded near Win Kan Village, in Win Kan Village Tract, Kyaikhto Township, injuring Daw Met Kyi (age 62), a local resident.
Separately, on September 23, 2025, in Ma Zaw Village, Ma Zaw Village Tract, Lemular Township, Myeik-Tavoy District, the junta’s Battalion 556, based in Zawel, fired heavy artillery into the village. The attack injured two civilians, including a child, and destroyed one civilian home, according to KNU reports.
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🚩🚩 6. 13-Year-Old Girl Raped and Murdered, Body Concealed in Saw Township
October 25
Radio NUG
A 13-year-old girl, identified as Ma Aye Nyein Lin, was raped, murdered, and her body hidden in Thiri (Yadanar) Ward, Saw Town, Magway Region, according to reports from Yaw Alinn Tan News.
On October 21, the suspect, Maung Min Min Soe (age 21) — who was allegedly known to the victim’s parents, U Win Khine and Daw Thei Ree — lured the girl away from her home. Shortly after, she went missing and contact with her was lost.
On the morning of October 25, local residents discovered her decomposing body inside a room within Saw General Hospital compound, following a community tip-off.
Security forces later apprehended the suspect, Maung Min Min Soe, on the evening of October 25. During the preliminary investigation, he confessed to raping, murdering, and concealing the body of the victim.
Authorities stated that the perpetrator had a previous record of sexual assault in a similar case.
All the above military and security reports were compiled and submitted by Radio NUG correspondent Khur Shel.