NUG vows to block revived Myitsone Dam, warning project sacrifices Myanmar’s "lifeblood" to China

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Mizzima The National Unity Government (NUG) has issued a stern warning against the military junta’s attempts to restart the long-suspended Myitsone Dam project , characterized by NUG spokesperson U Nay Phone Latt as a desperate move to trade the nation’s “heart and lifeblood” for Chinese backing. Speaking on the “ Reporting to the Public and International Community ” program on 6 January 2026, U Nay Phone Latt declared that any international agreements signed by the “terrorist military junta” are legally void and that investors will be held solely responsible for any subsequent financial losses. The spokesperson detailed catastrophic environmental risks, noting that blocking the natural flow of silt would lead to severe soil degradation across the Ayeyarwady Region and allow seawater intrusion to destroy the agricultural viability of the Delta . Furthermore, the NUG highlighted the lethal threat posed by the dam’s location near the Sagaing Fault ; experts warn that a structural failu...
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Russia bombards Kyiv as Ukraine issues countrywide alert

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Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital and its suburbs killed at least three people, Kyiv’s mayor said Friday as the air force issued a countrywide missile warning.

“Three people died in the capital. Six people were wounded. Three of them were hospitalised,” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko posted on Telegram.

Regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk urged people to stay in shelters until the air raid sirens lifted.

Ukraine’s air force warned “all of Ukraine is under a missile threat” after confirming Russian bombers were airborne.

In the western city of Lviv, the mayor said “critical infrastructure” was hit.

“All relevant services are working on the site, the fire is being extinguished,” Mayor Andriy Sadovy said.

The latest barrage comes after the US Embassy in Kyiv warned Thursday that a “potentially significant air attack” could occur at any time within the next several days.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had echoed the rare warning in his evening address.

Hours before the attack, Moscow had slammed a post-war plan for European peacekeepers to be deployed to Ukraine and branded Kyiv and its allies an “axis of war”.

European leaders and US envoys have been engaged in a flurry of diplomacy seeking to finalise a plan to end the almost four-year-long conflict.

In its latest iteration, the proposal’s post-war guarantees for Ukraine include a US-led monitoring mechanism and a European multinational force to be deployed once the fighting stops.

Zelensky said Thursday that an agreement was “essentially ready for finalisation at the highest level with the President of the United States” following talks between envoys in Paris this week.

Specific details, including about the size of the force and how it would engage, have not been made public.

AFP

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