Troop shortages and fears that more ethnic groups will side with the Brotherhood Alliance limit the junta’s ability to fight back against Operation 1027.

Rebel groups in Shan, Kayah and Chin states and Sagaing and Tanintharyi regions say they have seized more regime positions.

People talk of their anger and disbelief when the military killed the chance of development under Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected NLD government. 

A Russian financial delegation is in Myanmar to discuss ways to boost trade and reduce dollar dependence.

Order ‘given personally by regime chief Min Aung Hlaing’ after military suffers heavy casualties and loses over 100 bases and towns. 

Revolutionary groups have launched Operation 1107 in Kayah State, seizing two junta bases.

Hundreds of MPs elected on Nov. 8, 2020—almost all from the NLD—have been arrested or forced into hiding, or have lost their lives since the 2021 coup that ousted them.

The naval ships from Myanmar and Russia are conducting their first joint drills in the Andaman Sea.

Regime forces are bombarding the town with airstrikes and artillery, forcing Chinese, elderly and young residents to flee. 

China demands ceasefire amid reports that junta troops have killed at least one of its citizens while shelling the Kachin Army’s Laiza stronghold. 

Aid groups in northern Shan State and Mandalay Region say civilians displaced by Operation 1027 are close to going hungry.

Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has gathered the military command chiefs after his northern Shan State infantry commander was killed on Sunday.

Crime bosses are fleeing Laukkai on junta helicopters while Myanmar workers remain trapped, locals say.

The regime has invited Myanmar’s construction companies to develop a Rakhine State deep-sea port to link southern China with the Indian Ocean.

Around 50,000 displaced residents of Kawlin told to stay away amid threat of regime airstrikes.

The United Nations has called for civilians to be protected as the regime loses its grip on northern Shan State.

The Operation 1027 offensive has shown that the regime’s days are numbered. The only question now is: How long before those around the junta chief acknowledge this?  

Anti-regime ethnic alliance has made sweeping gains on the site Beijing has earmarked for a rail link to Indian Ocean.

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army says it has seized two more regime positions as part of Operation 1027. 

The Brotherhood Alliance’s offensive against the junta in northern Shan has shut down trade and resource access, but Beijing still has cards to play.    

Junta troops routed in Kawlin as PDF and ethnic allies report further gains during ‘Operation 1027’. 

On Wednesday it is three years since the 2020 general election. The military claimed electoral fraud and revoked the National League for Democracy’s landslide victory.

Beijing calls on regime to strengthen security for Chinese personnel and projects amid large-scale offensive by the ethnic Brotherhood Alliance in Shan State. 

Hundreds of foreigners are hoping to return home after being held by online scam gangs in the Shan State town of Laukkai on the Chinese border. 

The Ta'ang National Liberation Army and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army say they have seized seven more bases held by the junta and its allies.  

Sagaing resistance groups say they seized Kawlin’s police station after at least 10 simultaneous attacks on regime strongholds.  

Also this week, Min Aung Hlaing pleaded for China’s help amid Shan State defeats, including the surrender of an entire brigade.

Thanks to the efforts of CDM teachers, most younger students are still able to study in IDP camps, but higher education in the war-torn state has been badly disrupted.

While the regime continues to lose ground in northern Shan State, other groups tell The Irrawaddy that they will fight to open up new revolutionary fronts.

Three destroyers have docked in Yangon as the regime’s ground forces flounder along the Chinese border.

Junta bases and police stations were attacked in four townships as part of the ongoing Operation 1027, the groups said.

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army says it has complete control of Hseni and around half of Kunlong has reportedly been occupied.

Min Aung Hlaing said the junta planned counterattacks against the Brotherhood Alliance for its offensive in Shan State, as well as the Kachin Independence Army.

The junta’s central bank chief said by joining CIPS, the bank would make Myanmar less dependent on US dollars in international transactions—a key goal of the regime.

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Shan State and Bago and Sagaing regions.