Daily skirmishes across Kachin and Shan State continue unabated as Burmese army deployed more troops to gain control of KIA’s strategic positions. According to the local sources, Burmese army’s offensive operations have increased in KIA’s 3^rd Brigade, 4^th Brigade and 5^th Brigade areas in the past weeks.

A skirmish took place between KIA’s 8^th Battalion under 4^th Brigade and Burmese army’s 123^rd LIR near Burmese army post at Je Dau in Northern Shan State on July 25 at 4:30am. There was also fighting in Bang Swi between KIA’s 36th Battalion and Burmese army’s 130th LIR on the same day.

KIA’s 15^th Battalion under 3^rd Brigade has fought a series of battles against a combined force of Burmese army’s 88^th LID and 601^st LIR on July 25. A local source said Burmese troops attacked 4 KIA’s frontline posts and attempted to gain footholds in KIA 3^rd Brigade’s territory.

Fighting also flared on July 24 in KIA’s 5^th Brigade area between KIA’s 24^th Battalion and Burmese army’s 142^nd LIR. The two sides met at Ban Kaw Mu village near Dawhpum Yang at around 5 pm.