Resistance carries out second attack on Naypyitaw airbase in one week

A resistance group claimed responsibility for an attack on the junta-controlled Aye Lar airbase in Naypyitaw using “electric discharge-activated” shells early Thursday morning, the second attack on the base this month. The Mountain Knights Civilian Defence Force (MKCDF)—a unit of the People’s Defence Forces commanded by the ministry of defence of Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG)—claimed responsibility for the strike. The resistance group claims to have fired on the airbase, a section of Naypyitaw’s international airport where the junta stores military aircraft, using seven discharge-activated 107mm shells, at around 4am, purportedly causing major casualties. The electric discharge-activated shells used in the attack on the Aye Lar airbase (MKCDF) “Five air force officers and 12 soldiers were killed, and 12 more were injured during the Aye Lar operation. A fighter jet and three military trucks were also damaged, according to our sources,” the MKCDF claimed in a statement. Myanmar Now was unable to verify the casualty figures or extent of damage independently. Military spokesperson, Zaw Min Tun, told BBC Burmese in an interview on Thursday that the drone attack in Naypyidaw took place but had caused no damage. Posts in pro-junta propaganda channels on Telegram also said three shells had detonated near the airbase and that four spent shell casings had been found. This second attack on Naypyitaw, which serves as the military council’s national administrative capital, comes as resistance forces continue to assault and capture strategically important military bases and towns throughout the country. The NUG released a statement last week detailing another resistance group’s attack on the same airbase in the junta’s national capital last week, as well as on a military headquarters where junta chief Sen.-Gen. Min Aung Hlaing’s office is located. The group carried out the assault using 35 “kamikaze drones”, 29 of which hit their intended targets, according to the NUG’s statement. On Monday, another key military target, the Defence Services Academy (DSA) of Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay region, also came under attack by the PDF.

Resistance carries out second attack on Naypyitaw airbase in one week

A week after an earlier strike by a drone unit, another group of fighters under the National Unity Government’s command claims to have fired on the same airbase in the national capital, causing dozens of casualties

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