Thousands of civilians flee as resistance fighters fight to flush out soldiers holed up at eastern bridge border crossing

Mya Tun Oo is apparently covering for deputy junta chief Soe Win, who has not been seen in public since early April. Soe Win was reportedly injured in a resistance drone attack while visiting Southeastern Command headquarters in Mon State’s Mawlamyine to oversee military operations in Myawaddy.

Officials in Thailand say about 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand as fresh fighting erupted at a border town that has recently been captured by ethnic guerillas.