Myanmar’s military regime has reportedly issued arrest warrants for 20 local men from Maungdaw, Arakan State, on suspicion of providing food and funds to the Arakan Army (AA).

“The regime sent reinforcements to Taungup in Arakan State via Padaung Township in Bago Region. This is the reason why the AA blocks the road section,” the source explained.

The military regime committed 46 massacres in the four months from January through April, reported Nyan Lin Thit Analytica, an independent research group monitoring Myanmar’s political situation.

Myanmar’s military regime has destroyed seven bridges in Arakan State’s Maungdaw and Ann townships over the past few days amid escalating hostilities.

At least 10 junta soldiers were killed when a Myanmar military drone attack reportedly targeted its own troops in error during hostilities near Thandwe Airport in Thandwe Town, Arakan State, on Thursday.

The Arakkha Army (AA) has said that respective ethnic groups and tribes have been assigned to carry out administrative and rehabilitation activities in the areas controlled by the ethnic armed group.

The regime has tightened security, and reinforced troops and weapons since early this month. Taungup residents have reported spotting hundreds of Muslim conscripts among the ranks of junta battalions in Taungup.

The AA simultaneously launched attacks on the military’s Tawhein tactical command base near Kazukaing Village along with some military camps and Point 299 near Shaukchon Village on June 12.

The 5th Military Operations Command, Light Infantry Battalion Nos. 544 and 346 are based in Taungup. Residents have reported seeing Muslim conscripts at those battalions since earlier this month.

With conflict zones expanding across the country, the space for civilians to flee the fighting has increasingly shrunk, said a weekly analysis report from Burma News International-Myanmar (BNI-Myanmar).

The Arakkha Army (AA) reportedly seized a Myanmar military base near Alae Than Kyaw Village in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township on the night of June 12.

The Arakkha Army (AA) on June 12 rescued more than 1,000 local people from Got Village, part of Arakan State’s Thandwe Township, who were trapped by fighting near the village.

Two male residents of Byaing Phyu Village in Arakan State’s Sittwe Township have died of injuries they sustained while in military custody.

The civilian casualties were reported after a military jet fighter and drones dropped multiple bombs on Latpanpyar and Thawinchaung villages on June 11, the AA’s statement said.

The trade route was reopened two weeks after officials from the United League of Arakan (ULA), the political wing of the Arakkha Army (AA), held talks with the CYLA.

About 50 junta soldiers and members of Border Guard Force Battalion No. 5 in Maungdaw Town’s Myothugyi Ward reportedly detained five local men from Wimala Village on June 10.

The injured have been identified as Daw Shwe Khin Nu, 82, from Mee Kyaung Tet Village in Kyaukphyu Township and Daw Win Win Than, 42, from Ingyin Village in Myebon Township.

The Arakkha Army (AA) has yet to attack regime positions in Kyaukphyu, the site of major Chinese investments in Arakan State, though military tensions are running high in the region.

The Myanmar regime, which faces defeat militarily in Arakan State, has been attacking innocent civilians and committing widespread human rights violations since the 2021 military coup, especially so in Arakan State of late.