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The military junta is marching an offensive to regain control of the strategically important Mandalay-Mogok road, which is controlled by the revolutionary forces, and battle is intense, a local source told BBM.

The military junta has been marching an offensive since the night of October 10, and is attacking from the 7-mile junction in Thabeikkyin Township towards
Hpawttaw.

“I think it is a large force. The previous one was sent by military warships because all the troops who fled from Mogok, Momeik, Singu, and Madaya are gathering there. And they are also coming by air,” the source told BBM.

Four members of the revolutionary forces were killed in the battle, as a result of the military junta’s airstrikes.

“We lost about four people in the Mogok area today. The main reason was attacking by the airstrikes,” the military source said.

It is reported that a truck was also hit by a drone.

“I kept chanting the Buddha’s speech and looked to the east and above (because of the drones) and drove that I have never faced before. I have never been so nervous in my entire life driving from Mogok to Yangon. I also saw a truck hit by a drone. The Hpawttaw intersection is also in a state of panic,” a driver wrote on his social media.

A resident of Mogok told BBM that the revolutionary forces have temporarily closed the Mogok section of the road since October 11 due to the ongoing battle.

“I heard it was closed from the Hpawttaw intersection. It is temporarily closed from today,” he said.

The military junta has launched an offensive to regain control of the Mogok-Mandalay road after regaining control of Thabeikkyin township in July.

In Thabeikkyin township, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), the Mogok Army, the Mandalay PDF under National Unity Government (NUG) are involved in a counter-offensive against the military junta.

Photo: Mogok Army

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