KIA captures Mansi, warns of intensified fighting in Bhamo

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) successfully seized control of all Myanmar junta camps in Mansi Township, Kachin State, as of 8 January. It expects battles around Bhamo will escalate, according to Colonel Naw Bu, the KIA’s information officer.

Key strategic sites, including the camps of Light Infantry Battalions 319 and 601 and Field Artillery Regiment 523, were captured during the operation. This marks the complete liberation of Mansi from junta control.