Medicine shortages have been reported in Thandwe Township, where fighting between the military and Arakkha Army (AA) is escalating, due to the junta blockades of land and water routes, locals said.

At least 10 civilians were reportedly injured in a junta airstrike on Minbya town, Arakan State, at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday.

Fighting between the regime and the Arakkha Army (AA) in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township has brought the Tha Htay Chaung hydropower dam project to a sudden halt, according to residents.

The AA is using artillery and drones to attack junta battalions there, and the regime is using artillery and warplanes to defend against the AA onslaught.

Dozens of civilians were killed by the armed conflicts between Myanmar’s military regime and resistance forces during the period from April 10 to 23, BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor said in a recent report.

Many rural villagers and displaced people in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township are suffering from diarrhea and skin problems due to unclean water.

Two civilians were injured on Sunday when an artillery shell fired by a Myanmar military regiment fell and exploded in Mellatmaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Ann Township, according to local residents.

Access to healthcare services has been severely curtailed in Arakan State due to a shortage of medicines and travel restrictions during the ongoing fighting.

The AA said Muslim terrorist groups have been attacking it either separately or in cooperation with junta troops.

Thousands of local people have been displaced by recent fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakkha Army (AA) in Thandwe Township, Arakan State, according to residents.

The Arakkha Army (AA) reportedly took control of the military’s Tawhein tactical command base near Kazukaing Village in Ann Township on Saturday.

Fighting between the military and Arakkha Army (AA) is escalating as the AA has ramped up offensive attacks on the military in an effort to completely seize the Buthidaung-based No. 15 Military Operations Command,

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Myanmar has expressed concerns about violence and racial tensions in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township.

“The fighting was fierce, and more junta soldiers could have been killed though I don’t know the details,” said the source.

While basic foodstuffs and consumer goods are still coming into Arakan State through some channels, the state has not been able to sell its products for months.

The three were injured after mortar shells fired by a junta navy vessel in the Kaladan River east of Sittwe Township fell and exploded in the respective villages on April 25.

Myanmar’s military regime has been pressuring more than 100 ethnic Chin people from about 10 villages in Arakan State’s Ann Township into joining the Myanmar military.

Among those who were freed were ordinary civilians as well as municipal employees and education workers, who were released after paying some money to the junta soldiers.

The military has been clashing with the Arakkha Army (AA) near the Thu Htay Chaung hydropower project in Thandwe Township, Arakan State, since Friday morning, according to local residents.