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Myanmar military fighter jet disappears as resistance group claims to have downed it
- On Wednesday, Myanmar's military fighter jet disappeared from radar and lost communications; resistance fighters claim to have shot it down near Hpasawng township in Kayah state.
- Following resistance forces seizing an infantry battalion in Hpasawng on Monday, the military launched heavy fighter jet attacks in response near Kayah state.
- The KNDF identified the downed aircraft as a Chinese FTC-2000G ground-attack jet; wreckage and two pilot remains were discovered Thursday morning.
- The Myanmar military has lost at least four fighter jets and five helicopters, including two crashes in May and June, weakening their air capabilities amid ongoing conflict.
- Beyond the recent incident, researchers documented 227 airstrikes targeting villages, schools, and hospitals in southeastern Myanmar since 2021, reflecting a broader civilian assault by the military.
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Myanmar fighter jet disappears, resistance group claims downing it
BANGKOK — A Myanmar military fighter jet crashed in a combat zone in the country’s east, according to an anti-military resistance organization that claimed to have shot it down. State-run media reported about the disappearance of an aircraft. Maui, the vice commander-in-chief and Secretary No. 2 of the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force, or KNDF, told The Associated Press on Thursday that a jet had been shot down early Wednesday by the resistan…
Myanmar airstrikes indiscriminately target civilians a rights group says in a new report | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
BANGKOK--Myanmar's military has consistently targeted civilians and their communities as a form of collective punishment in the country’s southeast since the army seized power in early 2021, a rights group said in a report released Friday.
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Myanmar military fighter jet disappears as resistance group claims to have downed it
An anti-military resistance organization says that it shot down a Myanmar military fighter jet in a combat zone in the country’s east.
Yangon, July 3 The Karenni Army’s Joint Command announced today that it has captured the 134th Battalion based in Hpa-Sung, Karenni State, and shot down one of the military council’s fighter jets. It is reported that the attack on the 134th and 135th Battalions of the military council based in Hpa-Sung began on June 25 and that it was finally captured on June 30. During the attack on the 134th Battalion, it was reported that it seized a large am…
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