Regime steps up drone attacks on southern Shan and Karenni states

The People’s Defence Force (PDF) told DVB on Sunday that regime airstrikes carried out by Unmmaned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), and its deployment of “suicide drones,” have forced resistance groups to abandon an undisclosed number of military outposts it had seized in Moebye town of Pekon Township, southern Shan State.

“The military is escalating its offensive. Before, they used attack drones, but now they are using suicide drones,” said a PDF spokesperson in Moebye, located 100 miles (160 km) south of the Shan State capital Taunggyi and 11 miles (17 km) north of the Karenni State capital Loikaw. Pekon, located 25 miles (40 km) from Loikaw, is home to the Military Operations Command (MOC) headquarters 2 and 7.