Kachin Independence Army faces 70 retaliatory airstrikes as it makes gains against regime forces in Bhamo

The Myanmar Air Force has carried out more than 70 retaliatory airstrikes against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) during fighting over control of the regime’s Military Operations Command (MOC) 21 in Bhamo Township of southern Kachin State since Saturday. 

“We [have] seized defensive positions around the MOC 21,” a source from the KIA told DVB. Bhamo is located 120 miles (193 km) south of the Kachin State capital Myitkyina and 58 miles (93 km) southwest of Laiza, the KIA headquarters.