Myanmar Military Launches Deadly Airborne Attacks Near Thai Border Amid Civil War

Myanmar's military has intensified airstrikes near the Thai border and within central regions, targeting ethnic armed groups and anti-junta protests. In Kanchanaburi province near the Thai border, Myanmar air force planes dropped numerous bombs on villages, including a recent attack involving six bombs dropped by a K-8 fighter jet targeting Karen National Liberation Army positions, causing no reported casualties but forcing hundreds of Myanmar nationals to seek refuge near the border. Separately, a motorized paraglider strike in central Myanmar's Sagaing region killed at least 24 people, including children, during a Buddhist festival and a rally calling for political prisoners' release. The military justified the attack by alleging the use of civilians as "human shields" by People's Defence Forces, though local resistance groups and human rights organizations condemned the violence and called for urgent civilian protection. These attacks underscore the ongoing civil war triggered by the 2021 military coup, with ethnic armed groups and pro-democracy forces continuing to resist the junta amidst escalating violence and displacement near the Thai border and central Myanmar.