Myanmar Junta Losing Grip on Key Sagaing Stronghold as KIA-Led Forces Advance

Resistance forces have advanced into Katha, a key Sagaing town on the Irrawaddy River at the junction of Kachin and Shan states and Mandalay region, frontline sources told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday.

Sources said resistance fighters have captured the town’s main entry checkpoint and its education college, where junta troops were deployed.

The advance involves coordinated action by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF), units under the National Unity Government (NUG), Spring Revolution Alliance (SRA) forces, and Katha People’s Defense Forces (K-PDF)