Bellingcat.com
April 2025
Open Sources Show Myanmar Junta Airstrike Damages Despite Post-Earthquake Ceasefire
Bellingcat has identified at least 22 villages damaged by airstrikes in Myanmar, despite a temporary ceasefire declared by the State Administrative Control (SAC) or the military junta from April 2 to 22 following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit the country on March 28
At a moment when the sole focus should be on ensuring humanitarian aid gets to disaster zones, the military is instead launching attacks,
The SAC is weaponising humanitarian assistance,
It’s quite clear that only the military can do airstrikes. The rebels don’t have aircrafts,
Unlike ethnic resistance groups along Myanmar’s borders, or those in northern Sagaing near India, the resistance forces in southern Sagaing do not have foreign borders across which they can attempt to retreat,
The motivation for such an attack on a village of melon farmers is difficult to understand. It seems to be an effort to terrorise a civilian population that strongly supports the anti-regime National Unity Government (NUG) and its armed rebel PDF wing,
These are protected sites under international humanitarian law. They are direct deliberate attacks on these protected institutions,
Since the earthquake, military forces have reportedly carried out over 120 attacks — more than half of them after their declared ceasefire was due to have gone into effect on 2 April,
They understand that the rebels cannot survive without civilians because that’s where they get food and maybe tax money,
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