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Forced military conscription and a shortage of weapons are directly affecting the dynamics of the civil war in Burma.
In many areas, rebels are facing increasing pressure, while military forces are strengthening their presence and advancing into strategic territories.
Russia said air defences shot down 376 Ukrainian drones overnight as attacks intensify on both sides with no clear end in sight, after Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was no point meeting his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy for face-to-face talks.
Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that the drones were downed over 16 areas and regions, including St Petersburg, Crimea and over the Azov and Black seas.
Fighting has intensified around the Myanmar Navy’s western bases in Sittwe and Kyaukphyu after the ethnic Arakan Army (AA) declared it was close to seizing all of Rakhine State.
Residents report heavy exchanges of artillery fire between AA forces and regime naval vessels stationed in the Bay of Bengal and the Kaladan River southeast of Sittwe. AA troops are also attacking the Shwe Min Gan naval support base and a military base near Kyar Ma Thauk village, just north of Sittwe, prompting retaliatory shelling from warships.
An Iranian ballistic missile strike on a Kuwaiti air base “within the past 24 hours caused minor injuries to several Americans and seriously damaged two MQ-9 Reaper strike drones”, according to unnamed sources, The Caspian Post reports, citing Bloomberg.
“Kuwaiti air defences intercepted the Fateh-110 missile, but falling debris struck the Ali Al Salem air base,” the report said, citing a person with direct knowledge of the attack, who requested anonymity.
Israeli troops entered a southern Lebanese village early Friday, pushing deeper into the country as Lebanese and Israeli military officials began direct talks at the Pentagon over the deadly conflict.
The entrance of Israel’s troops into the village of Dibbine, near the town of Marjayoun, came as Israeli airstrikes killed at least six people. Five were killed in an airstrike on the villages of Deir Qanoun al Nahr and Abbasiyeh, while a municipal policeman was killed in the village of Ebba, state media reported.