25 May 2026 By Nway
MYAING, Myanmar — Joint anti-junta resistance forces have overrun a heavily fortified pro-military militia village in Magway Region, capturing nearly 40 personnel including active-duty soldiers despite a barrage of retaliatory state airstrikes, military sources confirmed.
The coordinated assault on Thayet Kan—a notorious base for the military-backed Pyu Saw Htee militia in Myaing Township—began late Thursday night, 21 May. Following a fierce 17-hour battle, resistance fighters successfully seized complete control of the enclave at noon on Friday, 22 May.
Thayet Kan had long functioned as a combined forward operating base, heavily integrated with regular military troops and local armed collaborators.
“As a designated militia village, it housed a mix of regular soldiers, Pyu Saw Htee members, and highly aligned civilians,” a regional military source told MPA. “During the final breach, a combined group of around 100 individuals—consisting of regular troops and civilian sympathizers—managed to break through our perimeter and retreat to Twin Ma, another heavily fortified militia village located five miles away. However, our units successfully detained around 40 individuals, comprising both military personnel and armed militia members.”
The operation presented a severe tactical challenge for the opposition forces. The regime deployed a massive fleet of air assets, including three supersonic jet fighters and two Y-12 military transport aircraft repurposed for carpet-bombing, to pound the village perimeter in a desperate bid to repel the guerrilla advance.
The sheer volume of the aerial bombardment severely hindered the immediate securement of the territory. “The air force launched non-stop sorties over the sector,” the source added. “Because of the constant threat from the skies, our tactical teams could only safely initiate clearing and sweeping operations on Saturday, 23 May. The situation remains highly volatile as fresh junta infantry columns are currently advancing toward our newly established positions.”
Local monitors reported that several civilian residents sustained injuries during the heavy military airstrikes, though the exact breakdown of casualties remains unverified due to severed local communication networks.
Thayet Kan occupies a key logistical junction in central Myanmar’s dry zone, situated roughly 13 miles from the urban center of Myaing.
While the township’s People’s Defence Team (PaKaPha) and its allied conventional battalions have withheld a formal press statement to protect ongoing troop movements, military analysts note that the fall of Thayet Kan represents a major structural blow to the junta’s rural administrative grid, which relies extensively on isolated armed proxies to maintain control over the volatile Magway heartland.
