(In English) 3rd April 2025 Evening Resistance News
Military News Updates – April 03, 2025 Evening
🚩🚩 1. KIO/KIA Urges Military Junta to Adhere to Ceasefire Until April 22
April 3
The Kachin Independence Organization/Kachin Independence Army (KIO/KIA) has announced a ceasefire until April 22 and has reminded revolutionary groups to comply with the agreed terms. Additionally, KIO/KIA has urged the military junta itself to abide by these conditions.
Following the military junta’s announcement on April 2 of a temporary ceasefire lasting until April 22, KIO/KIA issued a statement emphasizing the necessity of compliance. KIO/KIA clarified that, apart from defensive actions, all offensive operations would be suspended during this period.
According to the KIO/KIA statement, the junta declared the temporary ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian aid efforts following the powerful earthquake on March 28. The statement further highlighted that all stakeholders, including the military junta, ethnic resistance groups, and revolutionary forces, must adhere to the terms outlined in Section 4 of the junta's declaration.
The military junta’s declaration prohibits ethnic armed organizations and other armed groups from attacking junta military bases, headquarters, conducting troop mobilization, reorganizing forces, or expanding territories during the ceasefire period. It also warns of retaliatory measures should these restrictions be violated.
Lieutenant General Guan Maw, a key KIO leader, stated that rebuilding efforts following natural disasters are long-term processes and emphasized that all conflict parties, including the SAC, must uphold the ceasefire.
Meanwhile, on March 29, the National Unity Government (NUG) had already announced a temporary suspension of all offensives from March 30 to April 12 in areas affected by the earthquake, allowing for humanitarian assistance. Similarly, on April 1, the Northern Alliance—comprising three allied ethnic armed groups—declared a one-month ceasefire to ensure effective relief operations in conflict-affected areas.
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🚩🚩 2. Military Junta’s Airstrikes in Kanpetlet Cause Civilian Casualties and Destroy Government Offices
April 3
The military junta launched an airstrike on Kanpetlet Township, Chin State, causing civilian casualties and severe destruction to homes and government buildings, according to a statement from the township’s local administration.
The attack occurred on April 2 at approximately 1:15 PM, with military aircraft conducting multiple bombing runs. The airstrike resulted in the destruction of civilian homes and government buildings, including the General Administration Office, Village Head Office, Election Commission Office, Township Committee Office, and the Township Planning Office. Additionally, the infrastructure of the Khaung Nu Sum Resort was also damaged, bringing the total number of affected structures to 20.
In response, the Chinland Defense Force (CDF) has urged civilians in both rural villages and urban areas of Kanpetlet to remain highly cautious of further aerial attacks.
Local sources reported that despite the absence of active clashes in Kanpetlet and Mindat in recent days, the junta has continued to carry out airstrikes. Reports indicate that the Mindat Township also suffered infrastructure damage due to junta bombings.
The junta has faced widespread condemnation for intensifying aerial bombardments even as the people of Myanmar are grappling with the devastation caused by the recent earthquake. Following the backlash, the junta announced on the night of April 2 a temporary ceasefire until April 22.
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🚩🚩 3. Fighting Erupts in Waingmaw Following Military Junta’s Alleged Ceasefire Declaration
April 3
Despite the military junta's announcement on April 2 of a 20-day ceasefire for earthquake relief efforts, clashes erupted in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State, after junta forces launched artillery attacks and mobilized troops in the area.
According to local sources, the junta's Infantry Battalion 58 began heavy artillery shelling in the early morning of April 3, leading to direct clashes with KIA forces. Reports state that around 8:15 AM, junta troops moved in from Myitkyina-Tanai Road and fired at KIA positions near the Lamyang concrete bridge.
Further reports indicate that junta forces initiated an offensive in Lamyang village, an area under KIA control. Additionally, at approximately 6:00 AM, a Y-12 aircraft from the junta’s Meiktila-based Air Force dropped 31 bombs on Inndaw Township in Sagaing Region, as confirmed by the air defense group NAS.
In response, KIO also declared a 20-day ceasefire and reiterated its call for the junta to honor its commitment.
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🚩🚩 4. Military Junta’s Artillery Shelling Kills Woman Amid Natural Disaster and Conflict
April 3
A woman was killed when military junta forces indiscriminately fired heavy artillery into a civilian village in Karen State, despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis caused by both war and natural disasters, according to a statement released by the Karen National Union (KNU) on April 3.
The incident occurred on April 1 at approximately 5:30 PM in Kyainseikgyi Township, Dooplaya District, within the KNU’s administrative region. Despite no active clashes in the area, the junta’s 12th Military Operations Command, stationed at a newly established artillery base, launched five 120mm shells into the village.
One of the shells struck Wizza Gone village, killing a 57-year-old woman on impact. Reports indicate that the explosion caused severe injuries, leading to immediate fatality.
As people across the country struggle with the devastating impacts of war and natural disasters, the junta continues to deliberately target non-military sites, including religious buildings, public hospitals, clinics, schools, and civilian residential areas, the KNU stated.
This report was provided by Radio NUG journalist Ko Khant.
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(In English) 3rd April 2025 Evening Domestic News
Domestic News Updates – April 03, 2025 Evening
📌📌 1. Nearly 40 Casualties in Min Kun Due to Earthquake; Water Shortages Reported
April 3
The Unicon Guerrilla Force has reported that nearly 40 people have died due to an earthquake in Min Kun, Sagaing Township, Sagaing Region. Monks are leading the relief efforts, assisted by revolutionary forces and local residents.
The earthquake, which struck on March 28 in the afternoon, caused the collapse of ancient pagodas, stupas, and residential buildings in the Min Kun area. As of now, nearly 40 fatalities have been confirmed. People who managed to escape the disaster are being transported to hospitals and clinics by members of the People’s Defense Forces (PDF) for medical treatment.
According to the latest data collected, the confirmed death toll in Min Kun stands at over 30, nearing 40. However, unreported fatalities remain, and the number of deceased monks and nuns is still unknown.
The earthquake has also severely damaged monasteries and drinking water wells, leaving local residents in urgent need of food, medicine, drinking water, and shelter. The Unicon Guerrilla Force has issued an appeal for both domestic and international donors to provide assistance.
As of 8 AM on April 3 (Myanmar time), the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.7, has resulted in 3,085 confirmed deaths, 4,715 injuries, and 341 missing persons.
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📌📌 2. Thai Government Faces Criticism for Allowing Junta Leader Min Aung Hlaing to Attend BIMSTEC Meeting
April 3
The Thai government is facing criticism for allowing Myanmar’s junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, to attend the 6th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit, which is being held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Despite Myanmar grappling with severe destruction caused by a major earthquake, Min Aung Hlaing has taken this rare opportunity to travel to another Southeast Asian country, one of the very few such visits since the military coup.
More than 300 pro-democracy civil society organizations had urged the Thai government and its leaders to bar Min Aung Hlaing from attending the summit. However, the Thai government ignored these calls, drawing further criticism.
A deputy professor from Thammasat University has also argued that the Thai government should not have allowed Myanmar’s junta leader to personally attend the BIMSTEC Summit.
Additionally, a regional expert on Southeast Asian affairs has warned Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin not to engage with Myanmar’s military leader in a way that suggests diplomatic legitimacy.
Leaders from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are also participating in the summit, along with Thai government officials.
On the final day of the summit, April 4, Thailand is expected to propose a joint declaration addressing the impact of the recent earthquake in Myanmar.
Thailand has long supported Myanmar’s military junta through various means, including financial aid, diplomatic backing, and policy alignment. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, Thailand has been complicit in the military junta’s war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to the Blood Money Campaign.
Min Aung Hlaing’s presence at the BIMSTEC regional summit in Thailand comes at a time when Myanmar’s military regime is facing increasing sanctions and international isolation. Observers believe the junta is using this opportunity to seek diplomatic recognition through the summit.
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📌📌 3. European Union Welcomes Temporary Ceasefire Between Myanmar Military and Resistance Forces
April 3
The European Union (EU) has welcomed the recent temporary ceasefire declarations between the Myanmar military and revolutionary forces, according to an official statement released on the morning of April 3.
The EU has acknowledged and welcomed ceasefire announcements made by various parties involved in the Myanmar conflict.
The ceasefire is seen as a crucial step in facilitating swift, safe, and unhindered humanitarian assistance for earthquake-affected civilians.
In response to the disaster, the National Unity Government (NUG) declared a cessation of all offensive military operations from March 30 to April 12, except for defensive actions in affected areas, in order to allow humanitarian efforts to proceed.
Additionally, the Three Brotherhood Alliance announced on April 1 that they would halt military offensives for one month to enable effective disaster relief operations in conflict-affected areas.
On April 2, both the Kachin Independence Organization/Army (KIO/KIA) and the military junta also announced temporary ceasefires.
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📌📌 4. Magnitude 5 Earthquake Strikes Off the Coast Near Pyapon
April 3
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck off the coast, 86 kilometers south of Pyapon, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MOHADM) under the National Unity Government (NUG).
The earthquake occurred on April 2 at 10:57 PM, with its epicenter in the sea, 86 kilometers south of Pyapon.
Residents in Pathein, Pyapon, and Maubin reported feeling the tremors due to the shallow depth of 10 kilometers.
Authorities have warned that aftershocks related to the major Sagaing earthquake may continue. The MOHADM has advised the public to remain vigilant and follow safety precautions.
These reports were contributed by Ko Khant, a correspondent for Radio NUG.
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3rd Apr 2025 - Evening Daily News by Radio NUG
၂၀၂၅ ဧပြီလ ၃ ရက်နေ့ ညနေခင်း နောက်ဆုံးရပြည်တွင်းသတင်းများ
📌 ၁။ မင်းကွန်းဒေသမှာ ငလျင်ကြောင့် ထိခိုက်သေဆုံးသူ ၄၀ နီးပါးရှိနေပြီး သောက်သုံးရေ ခက်ခဲနေ
📌 ၂။ စစ်ခေါင်းဆောင် မင်းအောင်လှိုင် BIMSTEC အစည်းအဝေးတက်ခွင့်ပြုတဲ့အပေါ် ထိုင်းအစိုးရ ဝေဖန်ခံရ
📌 ၃။ မြန်မာစစ်တပ်နဲ့ တော်လှန်ရေးတပ်တွေကြား ယာယီ အပစ်အခတ်ရပ်စဲရေးကြေညာချက်ကို ဥရောပသမဂ္ဂ ကြိုဆို
📌 ၄။ ဖျာပုံမြို့အနီး ပင်လယ်ပြင်ကို ဗဟိုပြု၍ ရစ်ချ်တာစကေး ၅ အဆင့်ရှိ ငလျင်လှုပ်ခတ်
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၂၀၂၅ ခုနှစ် ဧပြီလ ၃ ရက် ညပိုင်းမှာတင်ပြပေးမယ့် Radio NUG စစ်ရေးနှင့် ငလျင်ဘေးဒဏ်သတင်းကောက်နုတ်ချက်များ
🚩 ၁။ ဧပြီ ၂၂ ရက်အထိ အပစ်ရပ်ထားမယ်လို့ KIO/KIA ကြေညာလိုက်ပြီး တော်လှန်ရေးအဖွဲ့တွေကို ပြောထားတဲ့အချက်တွေ စစ်တပ်ကိုယ်တိုင်လိုက်နာဖို့ သတိပေး
🚩 ၂။ ကန်ပက်လက်မြို့နယ်မှာ စစ်ကောင်စီရဲ့ လေကြောင်းတိုက်ခိုက်မှုကြောင့် ပြည်သူအချို့ထိခိုက်မှုတွေရှိခဲ့ပြီး အိမ်နဲ့ရုံးခန်းတွေ ပျက်စီး
🚩 ၃။ စစ်ကောင်စီက အပစ်ရပ်ထားမယ်လို့ ကြေညာပြီးနောက်ရက်မှာပဲ ဝိုင်းမော်ဘက်ကို စစ်ရေးလှုပ်ရှားလာတဲ့အတွက် တိုက်ပွဲဖြစ်
🚩 ၄။ စစ်ဘေးစစ်ဒဏ်နဲ့ သဘာဝဘေးဒဏ်ကြောင့် ဒုက္ခရောက်နေတဲ့ အရပ်သားပြည်သူတွေကို စစ်တပ်က လက်နက်ကြီးနဲ့ ပစ်ခတ်တာကြောင့် အမျိုးသမီးတဦးသေဆုံး
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