{"id":7295,"date":"2025-08-17T21:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/?p=7295"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:41:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:11:36","slug":"airstrikes-used-by-the-military-as-pressure-to-force-territorial-concessions-and-ceasefires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2025\/08\/airstrikes-used-by-the-military-as-pressure-to-force-territorial-concessions-and-ceasefires\/","title":{"rendered":"Airstrikes Used by the Military as Pressure to Force Territorial Concessions and Ceasefires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Myanmar Spring Chronicle \u2013 August 16 Perspective<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Moemaka, August 17, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

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Airstrikes Used by the Military as Pressure to Force Territorial Concessions and Ceasefires<\/strong><\/h3>\n

While international campaigns are underway urging the cutoff of jet fuel supplies<\/strong> to the Myanmar military to halt airstrikes<\/strong>, the junta\u2019s aerial attacks<\/strong> have become more frequent, targeted, and deadly<\/strong> in recent months.<\/p>\n

In recent days, towns and villages in Mogok, Kyaukme, Kutkai, Hsipaw, Demoso, Thabeikkyin, Wetlet<\/strong>, and across Sagaing Region<\/strong> have come under daily bombardment<\/strong> from military airstrikes. One of the most devastating recent incidents occurred in Mogok<\/strong>, where a bomb directly struck a residential neighborhood<\/strong>, killing more than 20 civilians<\/strong>. One bomb hit a house where a woman had just given birth; both the mother and newborn were killed, along with visiting friends who had come to see the baby.<\/p>\n

Photos circulated online showed severely mutilated bodies<\/strong>, including one particularly graphic image of a woman\u2019s body blown onto the rooftop of a damaged home\u2014eliciting widespread shock and grief.<\/p>\n

Similar scenes are likely occurring elsewhere<\/strong>, even if not all of them are photographed or reported, raising concerns about the scale of unrecorded civilian casualties<\/strong> from these increasingly indiscriminate strikes.<\/p>\n

The military junta is using airpower<\/strong> against territories it lost during recent offensives and cannot retake by ground force<\/strong>, launching daily bombing raids. Some airstrikes appear to target military positions, but many have hit civilian areas<\/strong>, including homes, monasteries, schools<\/strong>, and even IDP camps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Unlike air support during active battles, many of these bombings occur in towns and villages where there is no fighting<\/strong>, indicating a deliberate strategy<\/strong>\u2014possibly to displace civilians<\/strong> and make these areas uninhabitable<\/strong>, especially where ethnic revolutionary organizations (EROs)<\/strong> or NUG-affiliated PDFs<\/strong> maintain control.<\/p>\n

Moreover, resource-rich areas<\/strong> are often singled out. The goal may be to disrupt local tax collection<\/strong> and prevent extraction of valuable resources<\/strong>, undermining the governance of resistance groups.<\/p>\n

Since late 2023, airstrike patterns have intensified<\/strong>, becoming more strategic and frequent<\/strong>. While some attacks may have caused combatant casualties<\/strong>, most have inflicted greater harm on civilians<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The resistance forces<\/strong> have struggled to find an effective strategy<\/strong> to counter the military\u2019s air campaign. Although there are international and activist-led campaigns<\/strong> to cut off jet fuel<\/strong>, and efforts to pressure through diplomatic and economic sanctions, these actions have not yet produced tangible results<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While some Western nations<\/strong> have condemned the junta\u2019s airstrikes in general terms, there has been no concrete international action<\/strong> to deter or prevent further attacks<\/strong>. ASEAN countries and Myanmar\u2019s neighbors<\/strong>, including China, India, Thailand, and Bangladesh<\/strong>, have treated the airstrikes as an internal affair<\/strong>, refraining from any public criticism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In fact, some ASEAN countries are believed to be facilitating jet fuel shipments<\/strong> indirectly. There were even reports<\/strong> that Vietnam<\/strong>, despite having endured massive U.S. bombing during the Vietnam War, has allowed jet fuel shipments to Myanmar\u2019s military\u2014a stark and ironic twist.<\/p>\n

Because international efforts to cut off jet fuel<\/strong> have been ineffective<\/strong>, civilians on the ground are left to rely on makeshift bomb shelters<\/strong> and self-protection measures<\/strong>, such as avoiding gatherings, staying in cover, or abandoning villages altogether.<\/p>\n

These measures may reduce casualties to some degree, but they cannot guarantee safety<\/strong>. As long as airstrikes continue, civilian lives remain at risk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Even if junta airstrikes do not succeed<\/strong> in forcing anti-junta armed groups to surrender or hand over territory<\/strong>, there is no indication<\/strong> that the military will stop<\/strong>. Instead, airstrikes are expected to continue<\/strong>, serving as a tool to inflict fear, destabilize resistance-held areas, and pressure local populations into submission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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