Military piloted paragliders attack Arakan Army in Ayeyarwady Region

Residents of Thabaung Township in Ayeyarwady Region told DVB that military personnel are receiving air support from piloted motorized paragliders against the Arakan Army (AA), and allied resistance forces, near the Kinponchin Mountain, where fighting has taken place. Thabaung is located 28 miles (45 km) north of the regional capital Pathein.

“We saw [regime] troops shooting from paragliders in the sky,” a Thabaung resident told DVB. The regime in Naypyidaw has reportedly begun utilizing military piloted paragliders – typically in teams of three – in attacks on Mandalay, Magway, Sagaing, Bago and Ayeyarwaddy regions.