The Myanmar military launched more than 140 airstrikes in Myaing Township, Magway Region, over six days from July 24 to 29, according to local monitoring group We Love Myaing.

The heavy aerial bombardment peaked on July 27 with over 70 airstrikes, alongside dozens of other attacks using jet fighters and Y-12 transport aircraft operating throughout the week. At least one resident was injured during an airstrike on Nhansarkyin village on July 24.

Local civil society representatives said the military is intensifying air operations to secure movement corridors for its ground troops, which have been stationed in central Myaing Township after sustaining heavy casualties in earlier clashes with resistance forces.

“Six jet fighters and two Y-12 aircraft conducted attacks all night,” an official from the Anyar Myay Civil Society Organization told Mizzima on July 29, adding that military transport aircraft also dropped ammunition and supplies to reinforce troops stationed in the villages of Thinma and Gyutkon.

Community groups have urged residents within a five-mile radius of the military column to remain on high alert.

The advancing military column entered Myaing Township from neighboring Pauk Township on July 13.

Over the past two months, military offensives in the area have resulted in the burning of several villages—including Thinma, Kan Net, and Nyaung Kone—and the deaths of at least 24 civilians across Pauk and Myaing townships.