Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 10, 2025 Evening
๐ฉ๐ฉ 1. PNFC Chair Khun Myat Tun Urges Military, Police, Border Guard, and People's Militia Forces to Defect from the Junta
July 10
PNFC Chair Khun Myat Tun has called on soldiers, police officers, forcibly conscripted members of the Border Guard Force (BGF), and junta-controlled People’s Militia Forces to break away from the junta and defect.
Speaking on July 10, he stated that the junta has suffered significant losses across multiple fronts—including politics, military affairs, diplomacy, finance, and the economy—and is already in a state of decline. As a result, it has intensified its brutal repression of civilians, treating the public as enemies.
Khun Myat Tun encouraged members of the military, police, BGF, and militia groups to proactively establish contact with resistance forces and join the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) if possible. If CDM participation is not feasible, he urged them to raise white flags and defect to the people’s side when deployed to front-line battlefields.
He also warned against opening fire during the defection process and stressed that those who defect with white flags would be recognized as "righteous sons of the people."
On the contrary, those captured during battle and identified as junta combatants would still be treated as such, he cautioned.
The Spring Revolution, he added, is a popular uprising and a movement that transcends both plains and mountains—driven by the people's aspiration for a new federal democratic system. He emphasized that the junta’s authoritarianism cannot sustain itself and that efforts to preserve military dictatorship under any administrative disguise are bound to fail.
Therefore, soldiers, police, BGF, and People's Militia members must break away from the junta-controlled institutions and unite with the people, Khun Myat Tun urged on behalf of the Pao National Federal Council (PNFC).
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๐ฉ๐ฉ 2. Airbase in Taungoo Targeted by 107mm Rocket Attack: Two Aircraft Destroyed, 11 Military Personnel Killed
July 10
On the morning of July 8, revolutionary forces launched twelve 107mm rockets at the Ketumati Air Base in Taungoo, with eleven rockets reportedly hitting their targets. The group Brave Warriors for Myanmar (BWM) released an update on the aftermath today, July 10.
According to reliable sources, the officers’ guest hall was completely destroyed, and furniture was burned. The airstrip also sustained damage. In addition, the administrative and communications buildings collapsed, and Ammunition Storage Facility No. 2 (Sego) was destroyed in a fire.
Furthermore, the tail section of a jet fighter was damaged, and a Y-8 military transport aircraft was burned on its starboard wing and fuel tank.
The strike reportedly killed five air force officers and six other military personnel, while eight officers and twelve other soldiers sustained serious injuries. Medical facilities inside the base were overwhelmed, and the wounded were transported to larger hospitals using civilian vehicles.
The operation was jointly carried out under the leadership of Brave Warriors for Myanmar (BWM) in coordination with the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 2, Battalion 5, and the Northern Tanintharyi Special Region Command, designated as Mission 42.
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๐ฉ๐ฉ 3. Junta Airstrike on Panmate Village, Mogok Township Kills 2 Children, Injures 8 Civilians
July 10
On the evening of July 9, during the full moon day of Waso, the junta’s military conducted an aerial bombing on Panmate Village in Mogok Township, Mandalay Region, using a jet fighter and dropping two 250-pound bombs.
The attack killed two children and injured eight civilians, including two more children, two men, and four women, according to a statement released today by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA).
Seven homes were damaged in the bombing.
Just a day prior, on July 8, the junta had carried out another airstrike on Gaung Oo Bar Ward in western Mogok without any active clashes in the area, deliberately targeting civilians. That strike killed two women and one man and injured eight other civilians.
In total, over two consecutive days of aerial assaults on Mogok, the junta killed five civilians and wounded sixteen others.
The PSLF/TNLA Information and Communication Department stated that the junta has intensified troop reinforcements and artillery fire in Ta’ang areas. It condemned the ongoing indiscriminate airstrikes on civilian zones where no battles are occurring.
The public is urged to remain alert to military threats and to follow air raid precautionary measures to avoid junta airstrikes.
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๐ฉ๐ฉ 4. Clashes Continue in Naungcho Township: Junta Launches Excessive Air and Artillery Attacks Against TNLA
July 10
Heavy clashes between the junta forces and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) continue in Naungcho Township, located within Military Region 3 of the Ta’ang region in northern Shan State, with the junta reportedly using excessive force, including airstrikes and heavy artillery, according to TNLA sources.
On July 9, fighting took place between the junta and TNLA forces across multiple areas in Naungcho Township—Kyauk Kyan, Naung Lin, Kyauk Taw, Oumma Khar, Nar Mon, and Yay Maung Tan villages. The TNLA reported that the junta launched an intense attack using 132 rounds of heavy artillery and 50 drone-dropped bombs during those clashes.
In the skirmishes that occurred in Naung Lin, Kyauk Kyan, and Oumma Khar, the junta reportedly used 75 artillery shells and 40 drone bombs while the fighting was ongoing.
Similarly, during the engagements near Kyauk Taw, Nar Mon, and Yay Maung Tan villages, the junta deployed 10 artillery rounds and 10 drone bombs, according to reports.
Furthermore, even in areas with no active fighting—particularly near Yay Maung Tan village—the junta fired 47 artillery rounds, demonstrating indiscriminate shelling.
On July 8, clashes also broke out in Yay Maung Tan, Naung Lin, Oumma Khar, Kyauk Kyan, Kyauk Taw, Nar Mon, and Kathaemyoung villages in Naungcho Township. During those attacks, the junta reportedly used 189 artillery shells and 48 drone-dropped bombs, according to the Information and Communications Department of the PSLF/TNLA.
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๐ฉ๐ฉ 5. KNU Brigade 4 Honors Battalion Commander Myo Swe Oo Who Defected from the Junta to Join the People
July 10
Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 4, based in the Myeik-Tavoy District of Tanintharyi Region, issued a statement today honoring and warmly welcoming Lieutenant Colonel Myo Swe Oo (aka Saw Moe Zet), the former commander of the Thukha military outpost, who defected from the junta and sought refuge with the people.
Lt. Col. Myo Swe Oo, who served as the second-in-command of Column 2, Battalion 282 under the junta’s Military Operations Command (MOC), reportedly defected on July 1, driven by his own convictions in opposition to the military dictatorship.
He contacted KNU Brigade 4, Battalion 10, bringing weapons and ammunition with him as he defected. Following his defection, KNU joint forces launched an assault on the Thukha outpost on July 7 and successfully seized it. Reports indicate that 24 junta soldiers fled across the border into Thailand during the operation.
The KNU’s official statement praised Lt. Col. Myo Swe Oo’s principled decision, emphasizing that the junta continues to fabricate various justifications to sustain its hold on power and engages in unjust, arbitrary violence against the civilian population. Lt. Col. Myo Swe Oo was quoted as saying that the junta lacks justice and rules through violent repression of its own people.
KNU Brigade 4 stated that, in collaboration with local People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) and other revolutionary forces, it has been actively seizing junta outposts. Among those now under resistance control are Thukha outpost, Ngar Yone Ni outpost, Baw Di outpost, Thi Khee outpost, and Thi Htar outpost, all located along the Myanmar–Thailand border.
These reports were submitted by Radio NUG correspondent Ko Khant.
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