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The AA and the joint coalition PDF forces attacked the military junta’s outposts near Set Set Yo and Let Tang Nge villages in Lay Myethna Township, Ayeyarwady Division, killing over 40 MMK soldiers and seizing a large number of small arms and ammunition, military sources close to the AA told BBM.

The AA and the joint coalition PDF forces have been attacking the outposts in Set Set Yo and Let Tan Nge villages in Lay Myethna Township since August 1, and on the evening of August 7, they seized more than 40 small arms and ammunition, including 2 snipers and 1 RPG.

“The fighting is happening almost every day these days. Yesterday, more than 40 military junta’s soldiers were killed in the fighting in Set Set Yo village. Most of the weapons have been seized,”

said a military source close to the AA. The AA and the allied PDF are continuing to attack villages along the Pathein-Monywa road in Lay Myethna Township and are also continuing to attack areas near Set Set Yo village.

The military junta’s airstrikes have also been met with heavy artillery fire from the Nga Thaing Chaung Artillery (344) as well as drones, military sources in Ayeyarwady Region said.

“I heard that the fighting is fierce in Lay Myethna. That’s why the 344th Battalion is constantly firing heavy weapons day and night. Heavy military vehicles are also going down that side. I think they are going to replenish their forces,”

said a local resident in his 60s from Nga Thaing Chaung Township. On July 27, the military junta’s air force also bombed villages such as Set Sat Yo, Saw Pyar, and Kyar Kite Kwin in Lay Myethna Township due to the offensive by the AA and the PDF.

The military junta has deployed tanks, military equipment, and three warships from the Pathein-based Southwestern Military District and the 26th Battalion of the Pathein Naval Headquarters to replenish its forces in Lay Myethna Township to counter the offensive by the AA and the PDF in Ayeyarwady Division.

Similarly, the military junta has recently reinforced the Yae Nantthar checkpoint at the intersection of the Gwa-Nga Thaing Road and the Pathein-Monywa Road from the 36th Battalion based in Kyonpyaw, and BBM has learned that the military junta is advancing through that checkpoint into areas controlled by the revolutionary forces in Lay Myethna Township.

🟥The military junta is continuously reinforcing battalions and outposts in the city

The fighting was intense between the military junta and the AA near the Shwe Mingan naval base in Sittwe, Rakhine State, on August 5.

A local resident familiar with the military situation in Sittwe said that the military is continuously reinforcing Shwe Mingan naval base in Sittwe, and the AA is firing artillery shells and shooting at the military junta’s soldiers who are marching near the naval base, which is why the clashes are intense.

“There are clashes near Shwe Mingan naval base. The military junta is continuously reinforcing the AA, and the AA is threatening to fire artillery shells. They are also intercepting the military’s advance,”

a military source in Sittwe said. In addition, BBM has learned that there are military tensions between the military and the AA as the military has reinforced forward outposts in Sittwe Township, such as Kantkaw Kyun, Thone Saung village, Ah Myint Kyun, and Pardaleik.

In early August, AA military sources also reported that the AA had been continuously firing heavy weapons at the outposts in front of Ah Myint Kyun and Pardaleik since the military had been reinforcing them from the battalions in Sittwe.

“At the beginning of this month, there was military tension on both sides. There were heavy weapons firing on both sides. The military is also sending reinforcements to Ah Myint Kyun and Pardaleik outposts. So, we hear that the AA is also attacking whenever it has the military advantage,”

the military source added. To this day, the 908th Field Engineer Battalion (908th Field Engineer Battalion) near Kyar Mathauk village, Ah Myint Kyun, Ponakyun residents reported heavy weapons fire from forward outposts such as Pardaleik.

After months of siege and blockade of Sittwe, the Arakan Army (AA) launched an offensive against outposts near villages such as Ah Myint Kyun, Pardaleik, Yae Chan Pyin and Kyar Mathauk in early February.

In Sittwe, there are infantry and rapid-fire units under the command of the Regional Command and the 20th Infantry Division, 232nd Infantry Division, 270th Infantry Division, 344th Infantry Division, 354th Infantry Division, as well as the 12th and 36th Police Battalions.

Village residents in Sittwe Township told BBM that military junta troops are destroying homes in villages and continuously building bunkers near the border with Sittwe, which is controlled by the military junta, to resist the AA offensive.

Military sources say that there is currently military tension between the military junta and the Arakan Army (AA) in villages along the border with Sittwe, with both sides constantly firing heavy weapons at each other.

Due to the military tensions between the two sides, the military junta has demolished houses in the villages of Sittwe Township, including Amyint Kyun, Padleik,Kyar Ma Thauk, Kyauk Tan Gyi, Kyauk Tan Chay and Ywar Bo is reportedly building more bunkers these days.

“These days, the military junta is constantly firing heavy weapons at AA positions. The AA is also firing heavy weapons back at Sittwe. The military junta is destroying houses in villages and building bunkers to resist the AA offensive. In our village, they are destroying houses and building bunkers. Now, there are no houses left in the village,”

said a local from Ywar Bo Village, Sittwe Township. In addition, the military junta has reportedly evicted almost all the locals from the villages of Sittwe Township, including Amyint Kyun, Padleik, Kyar Ma Thauk, Kyauk Tan Gyi, Kyauk Tan Chay, and Ywar Bo villages to prepare for military operations.

A military source close to AA said that the military junta soldiers have already built hundreds of bunkers near Padleik, Amyint Kyun, and Kyar Ma Thuak village.

“The military junta has destroyed houses and built hundreds of bunkers in the villages of Amyint Kyun and Padaleik. They are building them to defend themselves against AA attacks,”

the military source added. On July 26 and 27, some villages in Ponnagyun Township were evacuated from the fighting due to the continuous heavy weapons fire by 908th the Field Engineer Battalion near Kyar Ma Thauk village in Sittwe and the 12th Police Battalion in the city.

BBM also learned that the Sittwe Township Regional Command Headquarters is home to the 20th, 232nd and, 270th and the 344th, and 354th Battalions, as well as the 12th Police Battalion and the 36th Police Battalion, and that the military junta has deployed thousands of troops, including warships and civilian servicemen, in Sittwe Township.

🟥Hundreds of military junta soldiers have been killed

A source close to the AA military source in Ayeyarwady Region said that hundreds of military junta soldiers have been killed in clashes between the military junta and the Arakan Army (AA) and People’s Defense Forces(PDF) in Lay Myet Hna Township, Ayeyarwady Region.

On July 22, the villages of Pan Taw Gyi, Magyi Kone, Kyauk Sayit Kone, Nyaung Kone, Magyi Pin Kwin,and Kyar Kite Kwin in Lay Myet Hna Township, located on the Pathein-Monywa road, were occupied and controlled by the Arakan Army (AA) and People’s Defense Forces (PDF), and the military junta launched a military offensive to regain those areas, resulting in clashes.

On July 23, the AA and the People’s Defense Forces intercepted a military junta column of over 100 soldiers of the 66th Battalion near Let Tan Nge village, killing hundreds of military soldiers, according to a source close to the AA military source.

“The AA and PDF were attacking the military junta column since the 22nd of this month to take control of the Pathein-Monywa road. On the 23rd, they fired about nine shots at the marching military column and drove it to their firing range. When the marching military column entered their firing range, the AA and PDF surrounded and attacked, killing more than 80,”

said a source close to the AA military source. Similarly, in recent days, the military junta columns have been continuously attacking along the Pathein-Monywa road, so fighting is still intense, the source added.

“We heard that there was fighting today too. The fighting is intense when the military junta march. It is intense every 3 or 4 days,”

the AA military source added. The military junta said that on July 16, in order to counter the offensive by the Arakan Army (AA) and the allied People’s Defence Force(PDF) in Ayeyarwady Region, the Southwestern Regional Command (Na Ta Ka) and the Pathein Naval Headquarters (No.26) deployed tanks and military equipment, and three warships along the Ngawun River to reinforce the military forces in Lay Myet Hna Township.

🟥Kyaukphyu and Sittwe townships have also been reinforced with hundreds of Rohingya conscripts

The military junta launched an offensive against AA outposts near the Danyawaddy Naval Headquarters in Kyaukphyu Township, Rakhine State, on July 23, according to AA military sources.

The Arakan Army AA has captured and controlled the villages of U Kin, Saing Chan, Kyet Taw Pyin, Simaw and Kyat Tein along Thit Pote Taung Road near the Danyawaddy Naval Headquarters, and the outposts near those villages, and has been launching an offensive in recent days to regain control of the military junta, according to AA military sources in Kyaukphyu Township.

“The military junta is said to be marching along Thit Pote Taung road from the Danyawaddy Navy Headquarters, and fighting is ongoing on both sides. They are attacking to regain control of the areas captured by the AA,”

the military source added. A military source close to the AA in Kyaukphyu Township said that the military junta forces have been continuously attacking, relying mainly on artillery support from Danyawaddy Navy Headquarters, high-tech drones made in China, and airstrikes.

The military junta forces have been advancing along Thit Pote Taung road in Kyaukphyu Township, and clashes have broken out with the AA, with both sides losing ground, the source added.

“The fighting has been going on for about two days. The military junta has been firing from the air, including drones, and the navy. The fighting on the ground is also intense, so there are losses on both sides,”

the military source said. The military junta has expanded its presence in the Danyawaddy naval headquarters by expanding at least (10) outposts and adding more troops to prevent the AA from penetrating the Danyawaddy naval headquarters, more than 1 mile away from the navy.

On July 22, about (10) patrol vessels were seen operating along Thanzit River in Kyaukpyu town, and artillery shells were also being fired at some villages that had fled to escape the war.

The AA has been attacking the Kyaukpyu township from three fronts since February 20.

It is targeting outposts near Danyawaddy naval headquarters near Thit Pote Taung village, the 32nd Police Battalion on Doe Tan Mountain, and the outposts near the Natural Gas Receiving and Storage (OGT) facility near Malakyun village.

Kyaukphyu is home to the Danyawaddy Naval Headquarters, Battalion 34, Marine Corps Battalion 542, Marine Corps Battalion 543, Police Battalion No. 32, Taung Maw Gyi Naval Base, and Ohn Kyun Naval Branch, and is also being reinforced by the military junta’s civilian military personnel and hundreds of Rohingya soldiers conscripted from Kyaukphyu and Sittwe townships.

🟥Aircraft also bombarded civilians, causing injuries

Kyauk Phyu residents say that the military junta navy, which has reinforced its military forces near the coast of Kyauk Phyu, is shelling some villages that have fled to escape the war with artillery shells.

Kyauk Phyu has Danyawaddy Naval Headquarters, Taung Maw Gyi Navy Base, and Ohn Kyun Naval Branch, and the military junta has deployed nearly 30 navies and patrol vessels to these navy bases.

Currently, about 10 combat patrol vessels are operating along the Thanzit River in Kyauk Phyu, and a local resident in Kyauk Phyu said that artillery shells are also being fired at some villages.

“Some navy ships and tug boats from Danyawaddy naval base are moving around Kyauk Phyu. The number of ships is about 10. I heard that some military junta navy ships are also in the vicinity of Malakyun village. Those navy ships are firing at the villages,”

said a Kyauk Phyu military source. The villages that the military junta navy is currently firing at are Zin Chaung, Sittaw, Thaing Chaung and Pyaing Say Kay in Kyauk Phyu Township, a Kyauk Phyu military source close to the AA said.

These villages are fleeing to safe places and other townships due to the AA’s offensive on Kyauk Phyu Township.

Similarly, a Kyauk Phyu local source said that the military junta is also continuously bombing villages inhabited by civilians in Kyauk Phyu Township from the air.

“The military junta is continuously bombing villages where civilians live in Kyauk Phyu. They are also bombing monasteries. They are bombing places where displaced people are taking shelter. They are doing this to prevent the AA from advancing further,”

the Kyauk Phyu military source continued. On the morning of July 22, the military junta’s jet fighter and two bombs were dropped on a monastery in Kyauk Pyauk in Kyauk Phyu Township, injuring a 93 years old monk and a student who was fleeing the war, and some of the school buildings were completely destroyed.

Similarly, on the evening of July 22, the military junta dropped five bombs on Kulaba village in Kyauk Phyu Township, injuring villager U Maung Than Shwe, 55.

The military junta’s jet fighter dropped 1 bomb on a field near Kulaba village, 1 on the main road, 1 near the clinic and 2 in the field next to the road, a total of 5 bombs were dropped.

In Kyauk Phyu Township, the fighting between the military junta and the Arakan Army (AA) is intense in 3 places, and the fighting has now lasted for more than 5 months.

The military junta has restricted access to villages near the scene of the fighting

As the military junta forces have marched on Lemyethna Township, Ayeyarwaddy Region, the AA and allied forces have been intercepting them, and the fighting has been intense these days, according to a military source in Lemyethna Township.

The villages of Pan Taw Gyi, Magyi Kone, Kyauk Sayit Kone, and Magyi Pin Kwin in Lemyethna Township, located on the Pathein-Monywa road, have been occupied and controlled by the AA and allied forces, and the military junta has been marching to reclaim these areas, according to a military source in Lemyethna Township who is close to the revolutionary forces.

“The military junta troops from Ye Kyi and Nga Thaing Chaung are reinforcing their forces with vehicles. They are being dropped off at Yae Nant Thar checkpoint at Gwa-Nga Thaing Chaung, Pathein-Monywa junction. They are also being transported to the 344th Army. The main force of the military junta troops who have been reinforced at the Yae Nant Thar checkpoint is marching on the four sides. It is known that there are soldiers from Light Infantry Division 66,”

said a military source in Lemyethna Township. The current fighting between the military junta troops and the Arakan Army (AA) and the allied alliance Forces (PDF) is taking place in the middle of the Pathein-Monywa road in Lemyethna
Township. The military junta has also restricted the movement of villages from one village to another by sea between the villages of Lemyethna Township and Ye Kyi Township.

The military junta troops have blocked all routes for residents of villages such as Gway Tauk Kwin, Shauk Kone, and Thanpura Kone in Lemyethna Township to travel to other townships by navigation .

“The military junta has restricted travel between townships. They are controlling the water way and are conducting forced inspections. Now, people are not even daring to go,”

said a military source in Ayeyarwaddy Region. The military junta was formed to defend against the offensive of the Arakan Army (AA) and the Allied Alliance Forces (PDF) in Ayeyarwady Division.On July 16, the Southwestern Military District (SWDC) and the 26th Battalion of the Pathein Naval Headquarters loaded tanks and military equipment and that three warships are advancing up the Ngawon River to reinforce military forces in Lemyethna Township, according to BBM.

On July 19, the military junta also bombed the villages of Pan Taw Gyi, Kyauk Sarik Kone and Let Tan Nge in
Lemyethna Township, where the fighting is currently ongoing, using air and drone strikes. Some of the remaining villagers in the villages were injured and their homes were burned down.

The Arakan Army (AA) and the allied PDF forces are conducting military operations in Lemyethna, Ingapu, and Thabaung townships in Ayeyarwaddy Division, and are also conducting offensive operations to capture and control Artillery Battalion 344 located in Mrauk San Village, Nga Thaing Chaung Township.

🟥The military junta also threatened to shoot from behind if they flee the battlefield, according to the AA informant

Naing Win Soe, a civilian conscript who went to AA, said that the military junta had threatened to torture and kill militia members who went to the frontline battlefield if they went to AA, which controls 14 townships in Rakhine State.

Personal Identification Number: 142952 Naing Win Soe, a resident of Kaw Hmu Township, Yangon Region, was forcibly recruited for military service on January 2, 2025. 

Ko Naing Win Soe was sent to Ye Mon township to attend military training, and after two and a half months of training, he was sent to the front line of the reorganized 55th Division in Sittwe, Rakhine State. 

Upon arriving at the forward outpost of the High Island in Sittwe, the soldiers’ superiors threatened the soldiers with torture and death if they went to the AA, according to Naing Win Soe. 

“The superiors threatened that if you were arrested by the AA or if you went to the AA, you would be tortured in various ways, beaten with ropes, cut off your head, and starved,”

said Naing Win Soe, a soldier who went to the AA.  The military junta’s senior officers have been sharing photos and videos of the torture and death of those they have captured since military training.  

Soldier Naing Win Soe also said that they are using video files to spread propaganda and show it to trainees.

In addition, since the people of the People’s Army are threatened with shooting from behind if they flee the battlefield, they will not allow anyone to flee, said Soldier Naing Win Soe. 

“They are threatening to shoot from behind if they flee the battlefield. That’s why our friends don’t come here either. They are terrorizing us. They usually take away our phones. We don’t communicate with our parents. We don’t communicate with the outside world either. They keep us in the dark,”

said Soldier Naing Win Soe, who spoke to AA.  While serving in the forward outpost of the High Kyun forward outpost in Sittwe, the People’s Army soldier Naing Win Soe said that he was bullied in the army,  The AA announced on July 20 that it had joined the Arakan Army on July 10, 2025, after being pressured to destroy the homes and religious buildings of innocent people. 

Soldier Naing Win Soe, while on the frontline battlefield in Sittwe, said he entered Rakhine villages and, under orders and pressure from above, destroyed homes and monasteries in the villages without thinking, built bunkers, communication tunnels, and bomb shelters. 

The Arakan Army announced on July 15 that young people from all over Burma who were forcibly recruited by the military junta and subjected to various forms of torture can join the AA at any time and that they will be guaranteed the safety of their lives. 

Naing Win Soe, who joined the AA, said,

“When I joined the AA, they told me that the AA welcomed me differently. They treat us like brothers. They help us with food and clothes. If we are not healthy, the AA helps us with medicine. The AA is not like that because they say so.” 

The AA also said that the military junta is trying hard to recruit young people from all over the country to regain the camps they lost across Myanmar. 

The military junta is recruiting 5,000 trainees per batch, and it has reached 15th batch, and it is also learned that the militias who have completed the training are constantly being sent to the frontline. 

BBM has learned that in Kyon Pyaw District, Ayeyarwaddy Region, members of the Military Junta, Ward Administrators and Village Administrators are forcibly recruiting young people from towns and villages to attend military training.

Young people from Kyon Pyaw, Yekyi, Ah Thoke, Kyaung Kone, and Nga Thaing Chaung townships in Kyon Pyaw district are recruited to serve in the military source in the Ayeyarwaddy told BBM that despite paying 20,000 kyats per household to ward and village administrators to avoid military service, the military junta’s soldiers forcibly took them away.

“The administrators initially collected 20,000 kyats from each household if they did not want to serve as military commanders. When they got the money, they collaborated with members of the military junta look out and forcibly took away the young men from the village. The villagers lost their money and their children went with them,”

the military source said. It is reported that young people who were forcibly conscripted into the military can be redeemed by paying money to the military junta, but those who cannot afford it are facing difficulties.

Another Ayeyarwaddy military source told BBM that the amount of money required to redeem a young man who has been taken on probation from the military junta is between 1 million kyats and above, and varies from place to place.

“If the military junta takes a young man, they can redeem him for 1 million kyats. Those who don’t have money are doomed. In these areas, the military junta’s members and the administrators they appoint are just running a business. When someone gives a little order from above, things get really bad at the bottom,”

he continued. The military junta will call for military training on July 15th, the 15th week of military service, and it has been learned that young people are also being called up for military service in other places in Ayeyarwaddy Region.

Military sources also said that since the current military junta’s recruitment of military personnel has completed 14 levels of military training, those who have completed military training are being sent to the front lines where the fighting is intense.

The military junta is recruiting 5,000 military cadets each batch and has currently trained more than 70,000 military cadets.

On July 11, BBM learned that the 344th Artillery Battalion, located in Mrauk San village on the Gwa-Nga Thaing Chaung road in Ayeyarwady Region, is continuously firing heavy weapons and mortars, even though the fighting has calmed down recently.

Military sources in the Ayeyarwady Region said that heavy weapons are continuously firing at villages near the artillery and at areas where the Arakan Army (AA) and People’s Defense Forces (PDF) are thought to be present.

“The artillery is firing heavy weapons and mortars every day. In the past, they only fired four or five rounds. Now, they are firing more than ten rounds a day,”

said an Irrawaddy military source who lives near the artillery battalion. In early July, the Arakan Army (AA) and the Revolutionary Joint Force (PDF) opened fire on the 344th Battalion with heavy weapons, resulting in fierce fighting between the two sides.

Currently, the military situation on both sides is calm, and they are firing heavy weapons day and night because they are worried that the AA and the PDF will soon approach the artillery battalion, according to military sources close to the AA.

“I heard that the artillery is surrounded by AA and allied forces. I can’t say what day or what time. So the artillery is threatening the places where the revolutionary forces are. They are firing day and night,”

the military source said. Due to the continuous heavy weapons fire from the 344th Artillery Battalion, residents living near the artillery battalion are reportedly fleeing to nearby towns such as Nga Thaing Chaung, Yae Kyi Township, and other areas.

On July 30, the Arakan Army (AA) and the People’s Defense Forces (PDF) attacked the 344th Battalion, killing more than 20 members of the military junta and injuring more than 50 others.

The 344th Artillery Battalion (AA) is located in Mrauk San village, near the junction of Pathein-Monywa Road and Gwa-Nga Thaing Road, on the border between Rakhine and Ayeyarwady.