Myanmar military aircraft launched a series of intense airstrikes on the morning of 26 March, targeting the strategic southern Myawaddy corridor near the Thailand–Myanmar border.
According to local sources and frontline reports, jet fighters circled the area multiple times before dropping bombs on positions surrounding Minletpan, Hpalu, and Yathaegu villages.
“The planes circled three or four times and dropped bombs on areas near Bokalanakone and Yathaegu. These locations are frequently targeted, as the heaviest fighting is taking place there,” said a source from Minletpan.
The military is reportedly attempting to launch an offensive using ground troops, artillery, drones, and airstrikes in the southern areas of Myawaddy Township, and the tensions remain high in the Minletpan and Hpalu areas amid ongoing clashes between the junta army and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA).
Since October 2025, the junta has been conducting a large-scale offensive along three military fronts, supported by airstrikes and artillery, in an effort to gain full control of the area.
According to revolutionary military sources, the army has advanced along these fronts using a large number of conscripts recruited under the People’s Military Service Law. However, the army has been unable to advance due to blocking attacks by KNLA joint forces, and casualties among newly recruited conscripts have been mounting.
The military has carried out airstrikes not only on active conflict zones but also on civilian-populated areas and camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), using aircraft, drones, suicide drones, and heavy artillery. These attacks have resulted in civilian casualties and damage to buildings, forcing residents to flee and relocate during the third week of March.
Furthermore, due to airstrikes and heavy artillery shelling by the military, shells have landed and exploded inside online scam compounds in the Hpalu area, causing deaths and injuries. As a result, these operations are now being relocated along the Son See Myaing–Kyaikdon route to areas where no fighting has been reported. This includes the headquarters of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) in Son See Myaing, as well as DKBA-controlled areas such as Kyaukkhat and farther south at Three Pagodas Pass.
Myawaddy Township is part of the KNLA’s Brigade 6 in the Kaaren National Union (KNU)-designated Dooplaya District.
According to a source, on the same day, the military carried out airstrikes dropping more than 30 bombs not only in Brigade 6 territory but also in areas near Gonnyinseik village in Thayetchaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, which falls under KNLA Brigade 4 of the KNU’s Myeik–Dawei District.
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