The Yinmabin District People’s Defence Force (PDF) under the National Unity Government (NUG) released a statement on 19 February calling on those living in Yinmabin District hold weapons issued by the Burma National Revolutionary Army (BNRA) to promptly contact their respective district or township People’s Defence Organisation (PDO or Pa Ka Pha) units and surrender the firearms and related equipment.

Ward, village-tract, and sub-township-level PDO and People’s Administration Teams operating in Yinmabin District have also been advised to coordinate with district and township PDO officials if any BNRA members are found in their respective areas.

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Russia’s army chief Valery Gerasimov visited Moscow’s troops in Ukraine and said the Kremlin’s forces seized a dozen eastern villages in February, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.

Gerasimov visit comes days before U.S.-mediated talks with Kyiv in Geneva on ending almost four years of war and ahead of the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Eritrea on Monday denounced accusations by Ethiopia that Eritrean troops were present inside the country as “false and fabricated”.

Relations between the two Horn of Africa countries have long been fraught but in recent months, Addis Ababa has accused Eritrea of supporting insurgents on Ethiopian soil — allegations Asmara denies.

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Ethiopia’s ‌foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of military aggression and of supporting armed groups inside Ethiopian territory, amid growing tensions between the neighbours.

The two longstanding foes had waged war against each other between 1998 and 2000, but signed a peace deal in 2018 and became allies during Ethiopia’s two-year war against regional authorities in the northern Tigray region.

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Over 80 Pakistani militants, police personnel, and those from intelligence agencies, and counter-terrorism units have been killed in “Operation Herof Phase II”, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed in a statement issued on January 31.

In a statement, the BLA claimed that its fighters carried out a series of coordinated attacks across multiple districts of Balochistan, describing the operation as “Operation Herof Phase II.”

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