“The military responded to the AA’s offensive with artillery attacks and aerial support during the hostilities. A mortar shell fell in the village, killing a local on the spot,” said a local man in Kaitaw Village.

A regime threat has prompted ferryboat helmsmen and cargo workers at the BXT port in the Arakan State capital Sittwe to stop working. 

About 1,000 residents from four wards in Kyauktaw town fled their homes on Wednesday alone, frightened by the junta’s shelling of neighbouring Mrauk-U.

About 70 junta soldiers and policemen have reportedly been stationed at Myaungbwe police station, near the Sittwe-Yangon road.

The Three Brotherhood Alliance also urged fellow revolutionary groups to grasp the current opportunity and work harder in the coming new year to topple the regime.

Myanmar’s military regime has arrested at least 26 people from several wards in Kyaukphyu, Arakan State, over the three days from December 26-28.

Regime soldiers arrested two female university students near a golf course in Buthidaung on December 24 while they were returning home to Arkarpyin Village.

Light Infantry Battalion No. 550 based in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun town has warned local farmers against harvesting their paddy fields near the battalion, saying they have planted mines within 600 yards of the barracks.

The Arakan Army (AA) clashed with the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) at Ahtet Pyuema Village in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, at about 8 a.m. on Wednesday, according to local people.

Eleven civilians including children were killed and 10 others injured by junta artillery fire and airstrikes in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township over the three days from December 24-26.

Operation 1027, an offensive launched by the Brotherhood Alliance against Myanmar’s military regime, turned two months old on Wednesday.

Three local people in Ceditaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township, were reportedly injured in a junta artillery strike on Wednesday morning.

The Arakan Army (AA) seized the district police station in Mrauk-U, Arakan State, at about 9 p.m. on December 26, the Three Brotherhood Alliance said in a statement.

The Arakan Army (AA) has vowed to retaliate against Myanmar’s military regime for air and artillery strikes that have damaged the invaluable cultural and historical heritage of the Arakanese people.

Fighting between the military and the Arakan Army (AA) intensified after the ethnic armed group launched an attack on a junta tactical command base near Tinma Village in Kyauktaw Township, 

Departments running the junta’s administration including township General Administration Departments, municipal offices and the court system have been closed due to security concerns.

Fighting between the military and Arakan Army (AA) is escalating in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, after the ethnic armed group attacked junta outposts near Letwe Sartaik Village on the Ponnagyun-Rathedaung road on December 25.

An ethnic Chin man in Minbya, Arakan State, was severely injured on Monday in a landmine blast, losing both his legs, according to local residents.

Phone and mobile internet access has been cut off in many Arakan State townships following the resumption of hostilities between junta troops and the Arakan Army (AA) last month, with people lacking access to information as a result.