Myanmar military deploys airstrikes, reinforcements to defend Sagaing Region base

Battles raged in Sagaing Region’s Pale Township on Thursday as resistance forces attacked a junta outpost in Kant Daunt village on a highway linking Sagaing and Magway regions, local sources said. 

The military regime conducted multiple airstrikes and flew in reinforcements using Mi-17 helicopters to defend the outpost, according to local villagers who spoke to Myanmar Now. 

“The fighting is still happening, and a fighter jet just attacked twice near Kant Daunt at around 12:20 and 12:30pm,” said a man from Pale Township who had been displaced from his home.