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Today’s headlines include attacks on a military checkpoint in Thegon, the arrest of a Pyu Saw Htee member linked to the killing of youths in Gangaw Township, renewed fighting in southern Myawaddy, military airstrikes near the Thai border, and warnings of heavy rain across Myanmar.
In Thegon Township, Bago Region, joint People’s Defense Force units attacked a military checkpoint on Saya A Tat Thin Road No. 1 on July 2. According to PPDF Battalion 3601, five junta soldiers were killed and two were injured. However, as military reinforcements arrived from inside Thegon, resistance forces were unable to capture the checkpoint and had to withdraw. During the retreat, a platoon commander from Company 1, comrade Yan Gyi Aung, was killed while resisting enemy troops. Another PDF fighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
In Gangaw Township, Magway Region, Black Dragon Force – Special Operations reportedly arrested Chit Sano Ko, also known as Mae Gyi, a subordinate of Pyu Saw Htee leader Pho Zaw. He is accused of being part of the military column involved in the killing of 11 young people, including four children, in Lel Ma village on May 12, 2025. He was also reportedly involved in a column transporting supplies to Yay Myet Ni village and had served for three months at the “We Love Gangaw” checkpoint at the town entrance. He is now being detained and interrogated.
The Yaw Defense Force said it is gaining victories every day in joint operations with allied resistance forces. YDF urged local communities in the Yaw region to support the revolution through manpower, intelligence, financial assistance, food, medicine, transportation, technical skills, and by sharing accurate information.
In southern Myawaddy, Karen State, fighting continues around Ye Kone near Lay Kay Kaw. Military sources said two junta soldiers were killed and four were wounded in clashes on July 5. The junta has reportedly deployed reinforcements from Military Operations Command 13, a police battalion, and allied groups including DKBA and BGF forces, with around 1,000 troops involved in the offensive. Thai media reported that on July 6, a junta Y-12 aircraft dropped more than 30 bombs near areas about three kilometers from the Thai border. Shells and mortars from the fighting have reportedly landed on the Thai side, raising concern among border communities and forcing some schools to close.
In Yedashe Township, Bago Region, resistance forces attacked junta troops stationed in Padaung Kone and Kyun Kone villages on the eastern bank of the Sittaung River on June 24. Two resistance fighters, including a company commander, were killed. Meanwhile, in Sagaing Region, guerrilla forces said they mined a security unit escorting a junta convoy traveling from the Northwestern Command in Monywa to Division 33 in Sagaing. Two militia members were reportedly hit by mines and another was wounded.
In Yedashe, Kyun Kone and Padaung Kone villages were reportedly almost completely burned down after junta air and ground offensives that included fighter jets, Mi-35 helicopters, and Y-12 aircraft. Thousands of residents from at least five villages have been displaced and face food and shelter shortages. In eastern Wetlet Township, Sagaing Region, junta troops are also reinforcing from Mandalay Region and reportedly burned homes in Thit Seint village on July 4.
In Loikaw, Karenni State, a Catholic nun who had been helping displaced civilians was sentenced by the junta to eight months in prison under Section 505(a). Sister Benedicta Nya Moe, about 50 years old, was arrested on June 10 while transporting a displaced female patient to hospital. Two local people traveling with her were later released, but she was kept in detention and sentenced by a prison military tribunal on June 24. She had worked for years providing healthcare, medicine, and nutrition support to displaced communities in Demoso and Loikaw.
Authorities in Homalin Township warned villages along the Chindwin River to remain alert as junta supply and combat vessels are moving upstream. The warning said military vessels have often fired heavy and small arms at riverside villages and used paramotors or gyrocopters for attacks. As of July 4, two combat vessels and 26 flatboats carrying soldiers, drones, weapons, and supplies had reached Kani, while another 16 military boats were reportedly leaving Monywa.
In Magway Region, the military reportedly destroyed statues of General Aung San in Taungdwingyi and Yesagyo on the night of July 5. Local sources said bronze statues of General Aung San and other Martyrs’ Day leaders in Taungdwingyi’s Martyrs’ Square were demolished. In Yesagyo, the General Aung San statue inside the government office compound was also destroyed. Residents in Taze are now worried that the historic mounted statue of General Aung San there may also be targeted after junta troops were seen photographing it on July 6.
In Nyaung-U Township, Mandalay Region, the local People’s Administration Team warned that it will take firm action against those committing crimes under the name of the revolution. The group said some opportunistic gangs have been arresting civilians, threatening business owners by phone, and extorting money. It said anyone misusing the revolution’s name to harm civilians would be treated as a public enemy and dealt with under NUG laws and military regulations.
A vocational training course for people affected by the revolution has opened under the People’s Goal program. The six-week basic electrical, air-conditioner, and refrigerator repair course includes 15 trainees: six CDM soldiers and police, four former PDF fighters, two activists, two CDM civil servants, and one former political prisoner.
Finally, the NUG Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management warned that a low-pressure system in the northwestern Bay of Bengal and a very strong southwest monsoon could bring thunderstorms across Myanmar. Strong winds, localized heavy rain, flash floods, landslides, and riverbank erosion are possible in 13 regions and states, including Mandalay, Magway, Yangon, Bago, Ayeyarwady, Tanintharyi, Kachin, Shan, Chin, Rakhine, Karen, Karenni, and Mon. Fishermen and coastal workers are urged to take special precautions.
These reports were sent in by Ko Thit and Lu Lay.