Junta plans Chin State offensive stemming from ongoing operations in Sagaing Region

The junta, operating out of Kale Town in Sagaing Region's Kale Township, is also preparing to launch an offensive in neighboring Chin State.

The junta is currently conducting military operations with significant manpower to neutralize resistance forces along the Tamu-Kale-Gangaw Highway, linking Kale Town to Tamu in the north and Gangaw in the south. Leveraging this momentum, the junta could potentially advance into Thantlang, Falam, and Tonzang townships in Chin State, according to Chin resistance forces and military analysts.

“The junta’s main goal is to re-enter Chin State. It has also announced elections in three towns there, including Thantlang, signaling its intent to regain full control of these areas. The townships where these towns are located need to seriously consider bolstering their combat readiness. The junta is likely to send troops into Chin State from Kale Town, as well as from Tilin (Htilin) and Gangaw in Magway Region. In particular, it appears poised to launch an offensive against the three towns slated for elections,” said Captain Zin Yaw, a former junta officer who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), an anti-coup campaign in which civil servants and security personnel refuse to work for the coup regime.

The junta has deployed troops from the headquarters of its main combat units, Light Infantry Divisions 99 and 33 (LID 99 and 33), to the Regional Operations Command (ROC) in Kale as reinforcements. These troops have been split into two groups, with one moving north and the other south of Kale Town to conduct operations. The columns advancing south are likely aiming to push into Chin State.