Regime bombs Kyaukphyu Twsp village

By Admin 31 Jul 2025

DMG Newsroom

31 July 2025, Kyaukphyu

Some religious buildings were damaged on Wednesday in a junta aerial assault on a monastery in Thatdatein Village, part of Arakan State's Kyaukphyu Township, according to local residents. A junta jet fighter dropped two bombs on the village's monastery at around 11 a.m. on July 30.

"No casualties were reported, but some religious buildings were damaged in the regime airstrike. The military regime conducted an air attack without there being any fighting in the area," said a local man.

A Buddhist monk was injured in a junta airstrike on a monastery in Kyaukpyauk Village, Kyaukphyu Township, on July 22. A 55-year-old man was injured after a junta aircraft bombed Kyaukphyu Township's Kulabah Village on the same day.

The military regime has been carrying out attacks on homes, monasteries, and buildings where civilians live in Kyaukphyu Township, using jet fighters, drones, and heavy weapons.

"The Kyaukphyu battle is in a state of relative calm. However, the military regime is frequently shelling villages unrelated to the conflict, including from the air," said a military source.

The military regime has conducted several airstrikes and shelled multiple villages this month, causing civilian casualties despite the lack of fighting in the area between regime and AA forces.

Since March 2024, at least 15 people have been killed and at least 30 others injured in Kyaukphyu Township due to artillery and landmine explosions, as well as attacks by Myanmar Navy vessels and airstrikes, according to a DMG tally.

Although there has been no serious fighting between the military regime and the Arakan Army (AA) in Kyaukphyu Township, the former has been conducting military operations including airstrikes and shelling villages controlled by the ethnic armed group.

The battle for Kyaukphyu began more than five months ago, with the AA also attacking the No. 32 police battalion about six miles from Kyaukphyu, and the nearby Danyawaddy naval base.