Myanmar junta forces destroy resistance base in Magway

A base run by a local resistance group operating in Magway Region’s Pakkoku Township was overrun by regime forces on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for the group.

Around 250 junta troops swarmed the base, located on the western bank of the Ayeyarwady River in the southern part of the township, forcing its members to retreat, he said.

“They marched towards us like ants,” Naga Gyi, the spokesperson for the Myit Chay and Kyun Chaung Defence Force (MC-KCDF), told Myanmar Now. “We had explosives, but we also would have needed automatic guns to take down such a big group, and we didn’t have enough, so we ended up losing all of our IEDs as well,” he added.