Arakan recorded the highest number of Myanmar military junta airstrikes nationwide during a four-week period, while 214 civilians were killed in conflict-related violence across the country, according to a report by Burma News International (BNI).

With the military junta enforcing a blockade on all land and water routes into Sittwe, residents seeking to flee intensifying urban combat have been left relying on commercial air travel to leave the city.

According to MSF, at least one shell exploded at a junction in downtown Sittwe used by civilians moving through the increasingly restricted city. Most of the reported casualties occurred at that location.

With the military junta launching repeated airstrikes across Arakan State, the United League of Arakan (ULA) has urged the public to exercise extreme caution and remain vigilant during the upcoming Thadingyut festival.

A months-long internet shutdown in Thandwe and Gwa townships has severely disrupted social and economic life across southern Arakan State, according to local residents.

Several local residents were injured when the military junta launched airstrikes across Werathani Township early on the morning of October 24.

As heavy fighting intensifies across Sittwe, residents attempting to build bomb shelters at their homes for protection are being ordered by the military junta to dismantle them, according to local sources.

Arakan (Rakhine) State recorded the highest number of military incidents in Myanmar during the week of October 16–22, while at least 78 civilians were killed and 60 others injured in attacks nationwide, according to a report by Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica (NLTA).

A woman was killed and two other civilians, including an internally displaced person (IDP), were wounded during an afternoon airstrike on Pannilar Village in Ponnagyun Township on October 23.

Fierce clashes between the military junta and the Arakan Army (AA) are continuing across Sittwe Township, as junta forces reportedly carry out aerial bombing raids inside the city.

Panic has gripped Sittwe after an aircraft reportedly dropped bombs on the city at around 8:00 a.m. on October 23, causing civilian casualties and prompting residents near the blast sites to seek refuge elsewhere.

At least six residents were killed and 37 others injured when a Y-12 aircraft reportedly dropped bombs on downtown Sittwe, which is under junta control, on the morning of October 23, according to local sources.

Fierce clashes continued for a second consecutive day on Ngapyi Island in Werathani Township near Sittwe on October 22, with remnants of a military junta amphibious assault force still trapped on the island, according to local sources.

The military junta has allowed detained former State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to speak with her son, Kim Aris, by telephone for the first time in more than five years, according to statements from Aris and reports by international media.

A military junta column of around 500 troops advancing toward Kyindwe Town in Kanpetlet Township, Chin State, has suffered heavy casualties in ambushes by resistance forces, according to military sources.

The military junta has replaced its Arakan State Security and Border Affairs Minister amid escalating fighting near Sittwe, according to an announcement dated October 22.

Two women were injured when a military junta Y-12 aircraft dropped more than 10 bombs on residential areas in Anjanapura Township late on October 21, according to local residents.

Widespread job losses and declining incomes in Thandwe and Gwa townships in Arakan State are leaving many residents unable to afford basic food supplies and essential medical care, according to local sources.

People with disabilities in western Myanmar's Arakan (Rakhine) State face worsening humanitarian conditions as armed conflict, landmines, airstrikes and restrictions on aid deliveries threaten their safety and access to essential services, according to a new report by the Center for Arakan Studies (CAS).