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Timeline of the Myanmar civil war (2021–present)

The following is a timeline of major events during the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), following the 2021 military coup d'état and protests. It was also a renewed intensity in existing internal conflict in Myanmar.

• 13 March- The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacks a military base in Mogaung Township, triggering a counter attack from the junta involving helicopters. Four children are injured in Nant Haing village.^[1]

• 14 March- Hlaingthaya massacre- Protestors in Hlaingthaya Township's Hlaing River Road, a major thoroughfare, set up cement and sandbag barriers. Approximately 200 soldiers under the command of Lietenant Colonel Nyunt Win Swe of the Myanmar Army Yangong Command breached the barriers and began kettling protestors killing at least 78 protestors and injuring 20.^[2][3]

• 25 March- the KIA seizes the military base of Alaw Bum near the town of Laiza during the Battle of Alaw Bum airbase.^[4]
• 26 March- the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) attacks a military base, killing 10 soldiers and taking others hostages in the first attack on the military since the protests began.^[5]
• 28 March-
  • Dozens of protesters travel to Myanmar's border areas to enlist in and train under one of the country's many insurgent groups,^[6] elevating the risk of a countrywide civil war.^[7]
  • The first day of openly armed resistance against the coup where armed protesters in the town of Kalay fought back against soldiers and security forces attacking a protest camp, with clashes also taking place in villages in Kale township.^[8]
• 30 March-
  • The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw proposes the formation of a "federal armed force" to combat the military.^[9]
  • The Arakan Army (AA) threatens to end its ceasefire with the military should the latter "persist in massacring civilians".^[10]
  • Protesters increasingly begin arming themselves with homemade weapons such as guns in an attempt to defend themselves against attacks by the military. Simultaneously, clashes with soldiers and IED attacks against administrative buildings and police stations became more common as the trend of protesters using armed resistance rose.^[11]

• 4 April- seven insurgent groups who were signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement align themselves with the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, including the All Burma Student Democratic Front and the Karen National Union.^[12]
• 8 April- Taze becomes another frequent site of clashes when protesters fight back against soldiers with hunting rifles and firebombs in a battle that resulted in 11 protesters' deaths. The same day, the country surpassed 600 deaths related to anti-coup protests since 1 February.^[13]
• 10 April- The Northern Alliance, comprising the Arakan Army, the Ta'ang National Liberation Army and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, attacks a police station in Naungmon, Shan State, killing at least 10 police officers.^[14]
• 11 April- Battle of Alaw Bum - the junta launches a counter-attack to recapture the Alaw Bum base from the KIA using airstrikes and ground troops but had to retreat amidst heavy casualties.^[4]
• 16 April- Pro-democracy politician Min Ko Naing announces the formation of the National Unity Government, with ethnic minority politicians in senior roles. Ousted leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint retain their positions. Min Ko Naing also asks the international community for recognition over the junta.^[15][16]

• 26 April-
  • The Chinland Defense Force (CDF) begins an armed resistance in Mindat, Chin State. As a response, the junta cuts off food and water supplies and declares martial law.^[17]
  • Fighting began when a group of demonstrators outside the town's Aung San statue requested the release of six of their arrested colleagues, when a soldier of the regime allegedly fired at someone, prompting protesters to react.^[18]

• 5 May- the National Unity Government declared the formation of an armed wing, the People's Defence Force (PDF) to protect its supporters from military junta attacks and as a first step towards a Federal Union Army.^[19]
• 23 May- The People's Defence Force clashed with the Tatmadaw in the town of Muse on 23 May, killing at least 13 members of Myanmar's security forces.^[20][21]
• 26 May-
  • Six Tatmadaw soldiers were killed in an ambush by the Chinland Defense Force in Hakha, Chin State.^[22] * the same day, the Tatmadaw launched airstrikes in Kayin State in response to the Karen National Liberation Army's capture and scorching of a Tatmadaw military base.^[23]
  • Members of the Karenni People's Defence Force (KPDF) in Kayah State also captured and destroyed several Tatmadaw outposts near the state capital of Loikaw.^[24]
  • The second-in-command of the Shanni Nationalities Army, Major General Sao Khun Kyaw is assassinated by the Myanmar Army.^[25]
• 29 and 30 May- the Tatmadaw used artillery and helicopters to strike PDF and KPDF positions in Loikaw and Demoso.^[26]
• 30 May- the Kachin Independence Army joined the anti-coup People's Defence Force battling junta troops in Katha Township, killing eight regime soldiers. Fighting was also continuing in Putao, Hpakant and Momauk Township.^[27]

• 1 to 3 June- fighting erupted in Myawaddy District in which the military and Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) battling against a combined force of Karen ethnic armed groups and PDF had left dozens of junta troops killed.^[28]
• 5 June-
  • Four villagers in Kyonpyaw Township, Ayeyarwady Region, are shot dead after locals confront junta troops with slingshots and homemade gas.^[29]
  • 3 resistance fighters die and 40 civilians are arrested after three bomb explosions in Hakha, the capital of Chin State^[29]
  • Junta detain villagers in Putao Township and NLD party officials in Bhamo.^[29]
• 6 June-
  • Houses and a Catholic church in Dawngakar, Demoso Township are damaged by shelling.^[29]
  • Mongpai houses are set on fire after junta troops loot local grocery stores.^[29]
• 22 June- junta forces using armoured vehicles raided a safehouse of the PDF in Mandalay, detaining a number of fighters.^[30]
• 30 June- junta releases 2,296 detainees, including journalists and protestors. Most detainees released were arrested due to the protests and more than 4,000 prisoners remain detained from protest arrests.^[31]

• 2 July- media reported that Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta in the central town of Tabayin.^[32]
• 19 to 30 July- Myanmar's healthcare system collapses at the onset of a new wave of COVID-19 cases as oxygen supplies run low. The junta restricts the private sale of oxygen tanks to prevent healthcare workers participating in civil disobedience from providing free care to other civilians.^[33] Protesting doctors are arrested by the junta after being lured out of hiding to treat "patients".^[34]

• 1 August – Min Aung Hlaing extends state of emergency, saying it could last until August 2023 and named himself the new Prime Minister of Myanmar^[35]
• 3 August – The United States charges two Myanmar citizens over an alleged plot to hire hitmen and assassinate Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar's representative to the United Nations who defied the military coup earlier in 2021. The junta denies involvement.^[36]
• 11 August – Five people jump from a four-story building in Botahtaung Township, Yangon to escape raiding junta soldiers. The raid came after suspicions about a series of blasts in downtown Yangon.^[37]
• 16 August – Wa National Party chairman resigns after pledging to cooperate with the military regime and welcoming the election announced by the junta.^[38]
• 20 August- 50 junta soldiers were reportedly killed in a series of landmine attacks by resistance fighters in Gangaw Township.^[39]

• 7 September- the NUG declared a state emergency across the nation and launched a people's defensive war against the military junta.^[40][41]
• 10 September- at least 17 people have been killed during clashes between the military and resistance militia in Myin Thar village, Magway region.^[42]
• 14 September- the National Unity Government claimed that over 1700 junta soldiers had been killed and 630 wounded in fighting during the previous three months.^[43]
• 21 September- over 40 junta soldiers were reported killed during firefights in Kayah State and the Sagaing Region on 19 September. At least 6 civilian fighters were also killed in the clashes.^[44]
• 22 September- it was reported that nearly 8,000 residents of Thantlang town, Chin state, fled to Mizoram, India after houses were set ablaze by the junta army.^[45]
• 27 September- over 30 junta soldiers and at least 14 civilian resistance fighters were reported killed in clashes over the previous weekend in several townships in Sagaing Region and Chin and Kayah States.^[46]
• 28 September- at least 20 junta soldiers were reported killed in ambushes in Shan state. At least 4 resistance fighters died in the clashes, along with an unarmed 70-year-old civilian.^[47]

• 6 October- over 40 junta soldiers were killed in ambushes in Gangaw Township, Magwe Region.^[48]
• 7 October- junta controlled media reported at least 406 junta informants had been killed and 285 wounded since 1 February in targeted attacks by resistance forces.^[49]
• the same day, Brigadier-General Phyo Thant, a senior commander of the North-western junta forces was reportedly detained after allegedly contacting resistance forces with the intention to defect, making him the highest-ranking official to have attempted to defect so far.^[50]
• 11 October- around 90 junta soldiers were reported killed in clashes in the Sagaing and Magwe regions, and Kayah State in fighting over the previous weekend.^[51]

• 16 November- Junta forces overrun a Kalay PDF base in Kalay. They capture 9 Kalay PDF medics and kill 2 PDF fighters from the Kalay PDF Battalion 3.^[52]
• 17 November- Junta forces ambush and capture an outpost of the Moebye PDF in southern Shan State's Pekhon Township. The PDF fighters guarding the outpost were asleep when a military unit from Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 422, surrounded the fighters and began their ambush. The fighters had to retreat from the outpost.^[53]
• 23 November- 30 junta soldiers in 10 military vehicles and a bulldozer ambush and destroy a base belonging to Monywa PDF's Squadron 205 near Palin village in Monywa, Sagaing Region, forcing resistance fighters to flee and retaking Palin. The base was a site where the PDF produced explosive devices. During the raid, junta troops set fire to two workshops where weapons had been stockpiled.^[54]
• 25 November-
  • Light Infantry Battalion 427 ambushes and kills 4 resistance fighters from KNDF at around 5:30 am near Hohpeik, Demoso Township. The fighters were part of a six person scouting team.^[55]
  • KIA clashes with around 100 junta soldiers near Kachinthay, a village about 16 km east of the town of Shwegu, after an alleged bombardment of a Kachin village by the junta's recently acquired Su-30 fighter jets . The KIA refused to address rumours of them working with PDF forces or to provide casualty figures.^[56]
  • Matupi CDF teams up with the Chin National Army to attack an outpost of Light Infantry Battalion 304 on the Matupi-Paletwa road. However, they only managed to kill 2 junta soldiers on guard duty before having to retreat.^[57]
• 26 November- resistance fighters from the CDF attack a government office where 10 soldiers were stationed near Matupi, killing 2.^[57]
• 28 November- The body of Ye Thu Naing, a PDF fighter previously captured 19 November by junta forces, was found outside of a destroyed PDF base in the forested hills in southeastern Madaya Township. Ye Thu Naing was allegedly forced to lead soldiers to the PDF base that the junta soldiers then torched.^[58]

• 1 December
  • About 50 soldiers from Tatmadaw's Infantry Battalion 42 attack KIA territory near Nyaung Htauk village in Mohnyin Township from 8 am to 6 pm. The KIA did not disclose casualties
  • Another clash occurs near Wailon village, on the Hpakant-Mohnyin road. The junta fired around 30 artillery shells at the site of the clash between 3 pm and 8 pm to support the advance of their infantry unit.^[59]
• 7 December- Salingyi G-Z Local PDF fighters detonate explosives in an attack against a military convoy, triggering an assault on the village of Done Taw in Salingyi Township, Sagaing. 10 fighters and one civilian are captured and burned by junta soldiers, with locals finding the bodies shortly after.^[60]
• 8 December- A 90-minute clash breaks out between the CDF and Tatmadaw forces in military-occupied town of Thantlang. 3 CDF fighters reportedly died during the clash. Well over a quarter of Thantlang's buildings were destroyed in this and 11 other incidents, making it difficult for CDF rebels to hide.^[61]
• 9 December- Myaing PDF in Magway Region attacks two military vehicles with 3 handmade explosives in an early morning ambush. Later at noon, PDF attack soldiers again who were leaving Mintharkya village on foot, sparking a shootout. The PDF claim to have injured at least 3 soldiers in total.^[62]
• 12 December-
  • 4 junta soldiers are allegedly killed after 4 days of fierce fighting between KNDF and Karenni Army (KA) fighters and the military's Light Infantry Battalion 428.^[63]
  • The Tatmadaw forces kill 4 PDF-appointed community guards and 3 PDF fighters in the village of Guang Kwe, Sagaing during two days of fighting, forcing the PDF to retreat.^[64]
  • Tatmadaw troops raids two resistance hideouts in Maha Aung Myay and Pyigyitagon townships after a confession by a suspect involved in an attack against Tatmadaw troops. Fighting occurred at the Maha Aung Myay base and 7 PDF members were killed and a junta soldier suffered injuries. In Pyigyitagon, 1 PDF fighter was killed while throwing a homemade bomb at junta forces and running away.^[65]
• 13 December-
  • Tatmadaw troops attack PDF fighters and another group called Zayar 7 in Ke Bar village, Ayadaw Township with the help of artillery bombardment, forcing the resistance fighters to retreat.^[66]
  • Tatmadaw soldiers capture 12 suspected resistance fighters after several bombs accidentally explode in Yangon's Hlaingthaya Township. 2 additional fighters who escaped were also captured later on by plain clothed Tatmadaw troops.^[67]
  • Tatmadaw forces surround a Depayin Township PDF base. Their leader tells Myanmar NOW, "Things are really bad here. They're not even stopping anymore. They keep sending column after column to the region. Right after a column has passed the village, another column will come".^[68]
• 14 December- Around 200 Tatmadaw soldiers conduct a search in the KNLA Brigade 6 controlled town of Lay Kay Kaw Myothit near the Thai border and arrest several people believed to be linked to anti-junta movements including NLD lawmaker, Wai Lin Aung. KNU Brigade 6 spokesperson did not comment on if the group had authorised the raid.^[69]
• 17 December
  • 20 resistance fighters from Yaw Defence Force are killed by surprise Tamadaw air assault on the village of Hnan Khar, Gangaw Township whilst they were holding a meeting. Three helicopters were involved in the air assault on the village. Military-backed Pyusawhti militia then occupy the village.^[70]
  • Phyo Maung Maung Oo, a PDF resistance fighter, is shot dead and three others captured during a raid in Yangon Region's Thanlyin Township.^[71]
• 20 December- Tatmadaw forces leave the village of Kunnar, Loikaw Township after capturing it from KNDF late last week. According to a KNDF soldier, there were around 130 troops stationed there over the weekend and there had been no new clashes since last week's fighting.^[72]
• 22 December- At least nine people, including two children, were killed after an air raid by the Myanmar Air ForceinGangaw Township. As many as five helicopters fired on the village of about 6,000 people.^[73]
• 24 December- More than 35 people are massacred when their travel convoy is ambushed by junta troops near Mo So village of Hpruso Township, Kayah State. Two workers for non-profit group Save the Children remain missing after the attack.^[74]The United Nations is 'horrified' and calls for a 'thorough and transparent investigation' into the incident.^[74]

• 7 January – Intense fighting breaks out in Loikaw, the Kayah State Capital between KNDF and junta troops as resistance groups attempt to take the city after one month of blocking junta road access to the entire state.^[75]
• 10 January- Myanmar military begins bombing Loikaw from the air forcing thousands of locals to flee the city and seek shelter in churches. Junta helicopters regain control of roads to other parts of Kayah State.^[75]
• 13 January- Maung Maung Kyaw is removed as the head of the Myanmar Air Force after international attention and sanctions from a series of aerial bombings. He remains on the junta.^[76]
• 17 January – Junta airstrikes an IDP camp in Kayah State sheltering civilians fleeing intensified fighting in southeastern Myanmar.^[77]
• 31 January, at least three dozen junta soldiers were reported killed in ambushes over three days in Magwe, Sagaing and Tanintharyi regions and Chin, Shan and Kayah states.^[78]

• 1 February- At least 30 junta soldiers and Pyusawhti militias members area killed by joint PDF attacks in Kani Township, Sagaing Region. Flotillas transporting supplies and soldiers by the junta are ambushed, with at least one flotilla set on fire during the attacks.^[79]
• 2 February-
  • 2 people are killed and 38 injured in a grenade attack following a pro junta rally.^[80]
  • According to Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, 367 junta-appointed officials have been assassinated in targeted attacks since 2021's 1 February coup.^[81]
• 4 February – Junta troops carries out a sneak attack on an Arakan Army outpost near MaungdawinRakhine State, killing an AA sentry.
• 6 February – A three-hour clash between Arakan Army and the Junta starts a breakdown of the informal ceasefire between the AA and the military in place since November 2020.^[82]
• 7 February- 38 junta soldiers are killed in surprise attacks by local PDFs in the Sagaing Region. These attacks also include the use of drones.^[83] The Kachin Independence Army also claimed that around 200 junta soldiers, including a battalion commander, had been killed in three days of clashes in the Hpakant Township, Kachin State.^[84]
• 8 February- Arakan Army and junta forces clash on at least two occasions in Maungdaw in Rakhine State. Three hours of clashes were also reported on 6 February. The clashes raise fears of a breakdown of the informal ceasefire between the AA and the military which has been in place since November 2020.^[82] Two civilians were also reported killed in further clashes in northern Maungdaw on the night of 7 February.^[85]
  • 35 junta soldiers are killed in attacks by local PDFs in the Sagaing and Bago regions.^[86] Resistance forces also began targeting the homes of junta pilots in Yangon in response to airstrikes on civilians.^[87]
• 10 February- around 50 Myanmar junta personnel are killed during raids and ambushes by PDFs in three townships in Sagaing Region on 9 February.^[88]
• 11 February- several junta troops, including a Major, are killed in an attack by the Arakan Army in Maungdaw, Rakhine State, on 8 February.^[89] 38 junta soldiers and 5 resistance fighters were also reported killed in clashes in Sagaing Region and Kayah State on 10 and 11 February.^[90]
• 12 February- 40 junta troops had been killed in attacks by PDF forces over two days. The clashes occurred in the Naypyitaw, Magwe, Sagaing, Mandalay and Yangon regions.^[91]
• 17 February- at least 12 resistance fighters are killed in clashes in the Khin-U Township, Sagaing Region. Military casualties from those clashes were not reported.^[92]

• 18 February- around 20 junta soldiers and 20 resistance fighters are killed in clashes in Mobye town, southern Shan State.^[93]

• March – the junta carries out repeated air bombing and looting of villages in Shan and Kayah State, attacking civilians, in what Amnesty International later accuses the junta of Collective Punishment^[94]
• 7 March- around 85 junta soldiers were reportedly killed during two clashes with local PDFs and Karenni forces in Demoso Township, Kayah State, during the previous weekend, with at least two junta soldiers captured.^[95]
• 21 March
  • Brigade 6 of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) stormed and occupied a Tatmadaw camp in the village of Maw Khi in Wallay Myaing subtownship, Myawaddy District, Kayin State in the evening. The Maw Khi camp is located about 50 miles south of Myawaddy, about three miles from the Burmese-Thai border.^[96]
  • 8 junta soldiers were reported killed in mine attacks by local resistance forces in the Magwe region.^[97]
• 28 March- Min Aung Hlaing vowed to "annihilate" opposition forces.^[98]
• 30 March- around 20 junta soldiers were reported killed in ambushes targeting junta convoys in Mindat township, Chin state.^[99]

• 14 April- Fighting breaks out in parts of Loikaw City on 14 April.^[100] Recent combat in Kayin state resulted in a marked increase in refugees on the Thai border.^[101]
• 15 April- junta soldiers suffer at least 30 casualties after being pushed back by the KNLA at the battle for Lay Kay Kaw.^[102]
• 19 April- 30 junta soldiers are killed in two ambushes by local resistance forces in Pale Township, Sagaing Region.^[103]
• 21 April-
  • 2 junta officers and 24 men working for the military council's electricity department were arrested by KNDF forces in southern Shan State's Pekhon Township.^[104]
  • A local defence force based in Tanintharyi Region's Kawthaung District claim that they managed to kill three Myanmar army soldiers, confiscate weapons and occupy a police station in the area.^[105]
• 27 April- Chinland Defense Force fighters from Matupi reportedly ambush a 70 vehicle Tatmadaw column between Matupi and Kyauktaw, resulting in the deaths of 8 junta soldiers.^[106]

• 17 May- National Unity Government Defence Minister Yee Mon asks international help to arm resistance groups similar to support given to Ukraine.^[107]
• 31 May- a bombing kills one person and injures nine others near the Sule PagodainYangon, Myanmar. State media accuses the People's Defence Force of responsibility, which the PDF denies.^[108]

• 12 June – Almost 90 junta troops are reportedly killed in fierce fighting in Chin State, Kachin State and northern Sagaing Region. Shootouts lasting several hours between military battalion 415 and combined Kachin State PDF and KIA forces near Shwegu Township and Mohnyin Township, Kachin State. Chin Defense Force (CDF) claim to have killed 16 regime soldiers in Kanpetlet Township, Chin State.^[109]
• 16 – 18 Juneta troops are killed by PDF ambush attacks in Yesagyo Township, Magway Region and Budalin Township, Sagaing Region. The attacks are claimed to be responses to the junta's arson attacks on 14 June.^[110]
• 23 June- 50 civilians are detained as hostages after a nighttime raid by the junta in Khin-U Township.^[111]

• 6 July- the Karen National Union stated that roughly 2,200 junta soldiers and militiamen had been killed since January 2022.^[112] Around 40 junta soldiers and 11 PDF fighters were also reported killed in clashes in Pekon township, Shan state.^[113]
• 23 July- the State Administration Council announced that it had executed four political prisoners, including Zayar Thaw and Kyaw Min Yu, marking the first time the death penalty had been carried out in Myanmar since the late 1980s.^[114][115] The event was widely seen as provocative escalation by the Burmese military in the ongoing conflict.^[116][117] The international community, including United Nations Secretary-General, the G7 nations, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the European Union strongly condemned the executions.^[118][119]

• 11 August – At least 80 regime forces, including three battalion commanders and captains, are killed in firefights with PDF and EAOs across the country.^[120]
• 12 August - The Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA) and the Myanmar Army set fire to hundreds of homes in Hpakant Township, Kachin state forcing KIA withdrawal from the area.^[121]
• 15 August- the military junta court sentences former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison for corruption.^[122]
• 16 August- two mortar shells fired from Myanmar Army lands in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, killing one man and injuring five others. Myanmar Army helicopters allegedly entered Bangladeshi air space to attack Arakan Army and reportedly fired a shell within Bangladeshi air space. Two days later, Bangladesh summons Myanmar ambassador Aung Kyaw Moe to protest violation of land and airspace strongly.^[123][124]

• 2 September-
  • Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of election fraud. She will now serve an overall sentence of 20 years in prison for different charges.^[125]
  • Two SNA bases are attacked by the KIA and allied People's Defence Force groups using heavy artillery in Banmauk Township and Homalin Township.^[126]
• 16 September- The Burmese military killed 11 children and wounded another 17, during an airborne strike at a school in Letyetkone village, Sagaing Region (see Let Yet Kone massacre).^[127] The military claimed that the village had been harboring resistance fighters from the Kachin Independence Army and the People's Defense Force.^[128] The attack was widely condemned by the international community, including the United Nations and European Union.^[129][130]
• 23 September- retired Brigadier General Ohn Thwin, mentor to State Administration Council vice-chairman Senior General Soe Win, is assassinated by anti-regime guerilla groups in Yangon. This assassination increases security on high-ranking junta personnel as the highest ranked Myanmar army member to have been killed so far.^[131]

• 8 October- Junta forces torch at least 20 villages in Sagaing and Magway regions in implement its "four cuts" strategy of attacking civilian houses to weaken anti-regime movements. However, according to Sagaing-based resistance spokespeople, people who lose everything in these torchings joined the resistance^[132]
• Mid-October- NUG releases a statement calling for the victory of the Spring Revolution by the end of 2023. This call to action is followed by increased fighting in urban areas and in Southeastern Myanmar with resistance forces.^[133]
• 21 October
  • Junta forces decapitate Saw Tun Moe, a high school teacher, and leave his head impaled on the a National Unity Government-administered school's spiked gate after burning and looting Taung Myint village in Magway Region^[134]
  • Bangladesh's Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen makes a statement that border bombings by Myanmar stopped after he met Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming.^[135]
  • KNLA-led troops begin sieging Kawkareik in the Battle of Kawkareik. A series of morning attacks near the highway leading into the city and on government offices leads to heavy fighting within the city.^[136]
• 22 October- In the evening, KNLA-led troops retreat from Kawkareik after what appeared to be the first seizure of a major city. Fighting in the area continues.^[133]
• 23 October- over 80 people were killed by an airstrikeinHpakant Township, Northern Myanmar during a celebration for the 62nd founding anniversary of the Kachin Independence Organization. It becomes the single deadliest attack on civilians (hence the term Hpakant massacre) since the start of the renewed civil war. The Junta denied there being civilian casualties while the United Nations condemned the attack. Reportedly among the dead was a singer and keyboard player performing at the event.^[137]
• 27 October- Karen National Liberation Army-led forces seized the junta base for Light Infantry Battalion 339 in Kya Inn Seikgyi Township, Karen State.^[138]
• 27 October- Airstrikes from the junta as part of continued fighting near Kawkareik struck and damaged a dam.^[139]

• 12 November - Joint KNLA and People's Defence Team (PDT) forces raid and seize three junta bases in Shwegyin Township over three days. the PDT (or PaKaPha) is a newly formed set of local township defence forces controlled directly by the NUG's Ministry of Defence.^[140]
• 13 November - One of the Myanmar Air Force's Mi-34 helicopter mistakenly fires on junta troops, killing 60 in friendly fire.^[141]
• 14 November - Junta fines local administrators who fled their village in Pauk Township, Magway Region after fearing forced recruitment into the military-backed Pyusawhti militia earlier in November. Pyusawhti militias also looted the homes of those that fled.^[142]
• 15 November - The junta shells villages in Rakhine State on the highway between Yangon and Sittwe after a junta truck was hit by an Arakan Army landmine. Thousands of villagers flee to nearby Ponnagyun TownshiporSittwe.^[143]
• 16–22 November - Chin state resistance forces used drones in a week-long siege of an outpost in Falam Township, killing 74% of the junta forces stationed. The Chin National Defence Force was ultimately unable to take the outpost due to the Air Force's aerial bombardments.^[144]
• 19 November - Hundreds of homes and many civilians are killed in a series of raids on Sagaing resistance stronghold of Khin-U Township^[145]
• 21–25 November - The Myanmar Air Force bombs several KIA targets in Mohnyin Township, Banmauk Township and Katha Township along the Sagaing-Kachin border to disrupt supply lines. Analysts say the junta is increasingly relying on its air force due to low ground capacity.^[146]
• 22 November
  • The junta burns down a police station they could no longer defend in Myaing Township.^[147]
  • PDF attacks a police building in Monyo Township, Bago Region using cluster bombs.^[148]
• 24 November - The junta burns Mone-Hla village in Khin-U Township, Sagaing Region including the home of Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, the head of the Catholic Church in Myanmar.^[149]
• 26 November - 15 Junta soldiers are killed on a Bago PDF raid on a police station in Yedashe Township, Bago Region^[150]
• 27 November - Arakan Army and the junta enter a temporary ceasefire either as a first step towards a more permanent ceasefire or for humanitarian reasons.^[151]
• 30 November - Junta begins a major assault on a Kokang base held by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army near Chin Shwe Haw.2^[152]

• 6 December - Karenni Nationalities Defence Force soldiers capture three junta officers and a soldier responsible for the Mo So massacre in 2021.^[153]
• 7 December - Myanmar army launches a ground offensive against the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in Namhsan Township starting the Battle of Namhsan.^[154]
• 13 December - Myanmar army utilises aerial bombs in clashes with the TNLA in the Battle of Namhsan.^[155]
• 16 December - The BURMA Act is passed in the US authorising sanctions on individuals involved in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, support to civil society and humanitarian assistance as well as a position within the State Department dedicated to democracy in Burma.^[156][157]
• 17 December - Junta retreats from the Battle of Namhsan after suffering 98 casualties and issues a statement claiming the attack was a misunderstanding and that they reached an agreement with the TNLA. The TNLA rejects the statement.^[158]
• 27 December - Junta soldiers hide in civilian trucks impersonating workers to ambush local defence forces in Shwebo Township.^[159]
• 29 December - Several high-ranking former government officials of Ayeyarwady Region are released from house arrest including former chief minister Hla Moe Aung^[160]
• 30 December - Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to 33 years in prison for corruption.^[161]

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• 5 January - Clashes between PDF forces near Inle Lake and the Pa-O National Organisation (PNO) break out after the PNO attempted to force villages in the area to each provide a speedboat and a Pyusawhti militia recruit.^[162]
• 19 January - the military launches air strikes at Moe Tarr Lay, Katha Township, Sagaing Region during a neighbourhood donation ceremony, killing seven civilians.^[163]
• 31 January - The junta-run Ministry of Home Affairs issues a directive permitting citizens deemed "loyal to the state" to obtain firearm licences and permits.^[164] To be eligible, citizens must be at least 18 and demonstrate a need for "personal safety".^[164]

• 7 February - The National Defence and Security Council extends the country's state of emergency and the military junta's term by an additional six months.^[165]
• 23 February - Martial law is extended to 3 additional townships in Sagaing Region.^[166] The Myanmar Army's 99th Light Infantry Division (LID) launches a new offensive against villages in Sagaing Region to suppress the anti-military resistance.^[167]
• 26 February - After a fight with local resistance forces in the village of Kandaw, four village fighters, including two teenagers, are decapitated.^[168]

• 2 March - 99th LID troops execute 17 villagers during the Tar Taing massacre in Sagaing Region, including two men who are decapitated, and three women who are raped before they are killed.^[169]
• 11 March - Army troops execute at least 30 villagers during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, including 3 Buddhist monks^[170]
• 23 March- combined Chin resistance consisting of CNA, CNDF, and CDFs conducted multiple ambushes on a regime convoy between Kalay, Falam and Hakha. The convoy consisted of at least 30 vehicles, including two armoured cars, and were carrying troops, equipment and food supplies.^[171] The resistance forces destroyed three vehicles, stopped the convoy and seized the two armoured vehicles. The NUG awarded the combined Chin forces four hundred million kyat for seizing the two armoured vehicles.^[172]
• 24 March- CNA and CDF-Mautpi ambush another junta convoy carrying 80 troops on the road between Matupi and Paletwa, leaving the convoy with only about 50 troops, a dozen among whom were injured.^[173]

• Early April - the Kawthoolei Army (KTLA) launches an offensive on the Karen State Border Guard Force (BGF)-held Shwe Kokko in retaliation for the imprisonment and killing of the group's spokesperson by the BGF. They reportedly capture 5 BGF bases. ^[174]

• 5 April - During a clash between PDF near Than Bo village, Nawnghkio Township, a civilian house was destroyed by an artillery shell fired by junta forces. 11-month old Sai War War Tun and 14-year old Nang Ma Aye were killed and their parents were injured.^[175]

• 8 April - the KTLA's offensive begins to stall. After junta/BGF counterattacks, the KTLA had to retreat, receiving heavy losses. In response, the Karen National Union (KNU) stated they were not informed of the attack, nor did they approve it. Later, the KNU would state that they would not accept the KTLA in KNU-held territory.^[176]

• 10 April - CNDF attacks a junta base near Varr village on the Kalay-Falam Road in Falam Township, killing eleven regime soldiers, capturing fourteen, and seizing weapons and ammunition.^[177]
• 11 April - Myanmar Air Force bombs a gathering celebrating the opening of a People's Administration Office in Pazigyi, Kantbalu Township, Sagaing Region killing at least 120 civilians, including several children.^[178]
• 17 April- a combined PDF force led by Yinmabin District's PDF Battalion 1 seized a junta base on Tower Taing hill in Kani Township, killing 30 soldiers from the base and seizing around 16 weapons including automatic rifles and grenade launchers as well as ammunition, while only about 3 remaining junta soldiers from the base escaped.^[179][180]

• 14 May - Cyclone Mocha hits Myanmar; the SAC declared the majority of Rakhine State and four townships in Chin State as disaster areas staffed by military officers. Although the NUG and Arakan Army appealed to foreign donors to help, all aid is screened by the Junta.^[181]

• 1 June - NUG announces the formation of the PDF's first battalion in Yangon Region - Battalion 5101.^[182]
• 18 June - A combined force of PDF and KNLA take control of the No. 8 Union Highway, installing checkpoints and arresting junta personnel.^[183]
• 19 June - The Urban Owls guerilla group assassinates Ye Khaing, the operations director and head of security of Yangon International Airport and a former air force major was assassinated outside his house at Mingaladon Township, Yangon. Ye Khaing was accused of providing information to the junta, detaining anti-junta activists at Myanmar's primary international airport.^[184] Urban Owls also claimed that Ye Khaing was a confidante of Steven Law, the owner of Asia World Company, which operates the airport, and is a major supporter of the regime in connection with the second-in-command, Senior General Soe Win.^[185]
• 22 June - Ye Belu attacks a junta security checkpoint at Chaung Taung bridge, killing four soldiers and one official working for the junta's Ministry of Immigration and PopulationinLamaing.^[186]
• 26 June - Ye Belu assassinates a Pyusawhti militia leader in Duya, Ye Township^[187]
• 27 June - All administration offices in three Ye Township places- Lamaing, Khawzar and Ye- close down.^[188]
• 28 June - Ye Belu ambushes an army convoy from the junta's No. 19 Military Operations Command, killing five soldiers and injuring others.^[189]

• 4 July- The Myanmar Army and LNDP militias launch attacks against the Kachin Independence Army.^{[190] [191]}

• 5 July- At least 10 Myanmar Army soldiers are killed by Chin resistance during the Battle of Timit^[191][192]

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• 10 August- junta forces and a coalition of several rebel groups clash at Thandaung, near Nay Pyi Taw. The rebel forces aim to capture the 606th Light Infantry Division Headquarters.^[193]
• 26 August -
  • Junta forces attempt to take TNLA controlled areas in Kutkai Township leading to counter attacks, including in nearby Muse Township.^[194]
  • 3 junta soldiers are killed and six injured during an attack on two junta bases in Hpapun Township byt KNLA Brigade 5.^[194]
• 27 August -
  • 11 resistance groups, including PDF groups and the Civilian's Defense and Security Organization of Myaung, jointly conduct drone strikes in Sagaing Township in the early morning killing 17 soldiers.
  • Dawei Defense Team attacks a junta unit of 80 troops in Launglon Township, Tanintharyi Tegion, using land mines in the shootout.^[194]
• 29 August - Tavoy People Liberation Force attacks and kill three junta soldiers at a military checkpoint in Yebyu Township, Tanintaryi Region.^[194]

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• 3 September - Cobra Column, a resistance group active in Southern Myanmar, attacks the township administrative office in Myawaddy twice using drones. Five people, including a policeman and a high ranking military official, were killed and 11 were severely wounded.^[195]
• 15 September - The Northern Thandaung Defense Force and the Lethal Prop drone unit attack the Aye Lar military base near the Nay Pyi Taw International Airport with 2 makeshift bombs. It was the first documented drone attack by resistance forces on an airbase.^[196]

• 9 October- the Myanmar military launched an artillery attack targeting Laiza, a town in northern Myanmar that serves as the capital of the Kachin Independence Army. The attack hit Monlaike, an IPD camp located two miles away from Laiza, killing at least 29 civilians, and multiple were injured, including 13 children.^[197]

• 27 October -

• • Operation 1027 was launched by the Three Brotherhood Alliance, a military coalition composed of the Arakan Army (AA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), and Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). The alliance forces attacked the Myanmar Army's stations in towns in Shan State, Mandalay Region^[198] and expanded to towns in Sagaing Region and Kachin State. The attack resulted in 14 civilian deaths and forced thousands to be displaced.^[199] Simultaneously, the AA engages junta forces in Htigyaing Township, Sagaing Region.^[200]
  • The KNLA and PDF combined forces launched an assault on Kawkareik, leading to severe clashes between the rebel forces and junta forces around the town.^[201]

• 30 October -
  • Operation 1027: Nawnghkio fell under limited TNLA and Mandalay-PDF control^[202]
  • Operation 1027: In Kunlong, 41 combatants, including three commanding officers surrendered to the MNDAA.^[203]

• 1 November -
  • Operation 1027: The junta sends a convoy to reinforce Nawnghkio, resulting in clashes with rebel forces where an armored car was blown up.^[204]
  • Operation 1027: Chinshwehaw, Pang Hseng and Hsenwi fall to rebel forces.^[205][206]

• 3 November - Operation 1027: TNLA seizes a suspension bridge over the Shweli River near Namkham. Battle of Namkham starts^[207]

• 6 November -
  • Operation 1027: The district-level capital town Kawlin falls to combined AA, KIA and PDF forces^[208]
  • Operation 1027: Namkham falls under limited TNLA control.^[209]

• 7 November -

• • Operation 1107 is launched by KNPLF, KA and KNDF seizing border posts in Mese Township, Kayah State (including Pantein).^[210][211]
  • Operation 1027: KhampatinTamu Township, western Sagaing Region is taken by PDF forces.^[212]
  • Operation 1027: Brigadier General Aung Kyaw Lwin is killed in a battle in Kunlong Township where coalition forces attacked Panlong base.^[213]
  • Operation 1027: MNDAA took control of Monekoe and Kunlong town.^[214][215]
  • Operation 1027: A firefight between TNLA and SSPP/SSA-N soldiers, reportedly stemming from reasons unrelated to Operation 1027, resulted in 4 deaths.^[216]

• 8 November - Operation 1027: TNLA and MDY-PDF attack the junta's base near the Goteik viaduct, seizing the key Goktwin bridge on the main highway from MandalaytoChina.^[217]

• 11 November -

• • Operation 1111 is launched by the KNDF, KA and other allied groups, to seize the Kayah State capital Loikaw.^[218]
  • Operation 1111 - A Myanmar Air Force fighter jet crashes in Kayah State. The KNDF claims responsibility but it remains unclear if the crash was due to a technical failure.^[219]

• 12 November -
  • Operation 1027: TNLA captures the Kyinti military base and a bridge near Hsipaw^[220]
  • Operation 1027: Light Infantry Battalion 129, comprising more than 200 soldiers and family members, surrenders to the MNDAA in Laukkaing Township, Shan State.^[221][222]

• 13 November -
  • Rakhine State: AA attacks two border guard stations in Rathedaung Township breaking the Rakhine State ceasefire agreement between the junta and AA.^[223]
  • Chin State: Chin National Army captures town of Rikhawdar on India-Myanmar border after two days of battle.^[224]
• 14 November -
  • Chin State: Arakan Army launches an offensive in Paletwa Township.^[225]

• 15 November -
  • Operation 1111: The KNDF takes control of Loikaw University. 110+ junta soldiers were killed during the two-day battle.^[226]

• 16 November -
  • AA takes control of Pauktaw, Rakhine a town very close to the Rakhine state capital Sittwe. The Myanmar Navy fires back with air support, hitting civilian houses with machine gun fire.^[227]
  • Operation 1027: Cybercrime ringleader Ming Xuechang and his family were arrested by Myanmar junta authorities and handed over to China. Ming Xuechang died in police custody.^[228][229]

• 18 November: The General Administration Department issued a local order to ban unauthorized drone flights and restrict the sale of drones and drone accessories in Yangon Region.^[230]

• 21 November - PDF-Zoland captures a junta base at Kennedy PeakinTedim Township, Chin State.^[231]
• 23 November - A combined force of KNA(B) and PDFs captured a UNLF(PAMBEI) camp 2 miles east of Thanan village. ^[232]

• 24 November - Civilians in Yangon close businesses early and students stop attending public high schools amidst nighttime armoured vehicle patrols and reports of forced conscription and robberies by military personnel. The military denies such report, although junta media sources claim civilians are being arrested for connections to the PDF.^[233][234]
• 25 November - Chin National Army captures town of Lailenpi in Matupi Township.^[235]

• 28 November -
  • Operation 1027: Light Infantry Battalion 125, comprising 186 soldiers, surrenders to the MNDAA. MNDAA takes control of Konkyan Township.^[236][237]
  • Operation 1027: The Brotherhood Alliance claims that they have captured roads leading into Muse, which carried 98% of all cross-border trade with China, amounting to $2.2 billion in the six months to October.^[238]

• 29 November -
  • CDF And CNA captures town of Rezua in Matupi Township.^[239]
  • Rival Shan ethnic armed organizations, the Restoration Council of Shan State and the Shan State Progressive Party, declare a ceasefire. The SSPP stated that the 2 armies "[intended] to unite as one in the future." They also stated they would release POWs captured during past hostilities.^[240]

• 1 December - Battle of Laukkai: MNDAA starts penetrating the Tong Chain neighbourhood in southeastern Laukkai city, focusing fire on military targets as hundreds of civilians still remained trapped in the city. Chinese embassy in Yangon urges all citizens to leave the city.^[241]

• 3 December - Battle of Laukkai: MNDAA attacks military outpost on Four Buddhist Statues Hill immediately south of Laukkai. The battle lasted eight hours as the junta had a substantial presence on the hilltop base. ^[242]

• 4 December -
  • Operation 1107: KNLA and local PDF units capture the town of Mone in Kyaukkyi Township, marking the first capture of a settlement in Bago Region.^[243]
  • Battle of Laukkai: MNDAA attacks retreating junta soldiers who had abandoned positions in north of the city^[242]

• 5 December - Arakan Army captures Tarunaing military base in Paletwa Township.^[244]

• 6 December - Battle of Laukkai: MNDAA captures Four Buddhist Statues Hill, controlling all territory south of Laukkai and begin focusing on the city's north side.^[245]

• 11 December - China holds peace talks between the Tatmadaw and various rebel groups in the North, including the alliance, saying there were 'positive results'.^[246]

• 13 December - The Brotherhood Alliance announce that the peace talks in China "lasted only 10 minutes" and vowed to continue fighting.^[247]

• 15 December - Operation 1027: TNLA captures town of Namhsan.^[248]

• 18 December - Battle of Laukkai resumes when the Myanmar Air Force carries out three airstrikes on MNDAA targets in Htin Par Keng, a village directly north of Laukkai's northern city gates.^[249]

• 19 December - Battle of Laukkai: MNDAA gains control of the Yanlonkyaing border gate, Border Point 122 on the Chinese border with Nansan, Yunnan, and Border Point 125, a smaller border crossing and site of an IDP camp with 30,000 people.^[250]

• 22 December - Operation 1027: TNLA routs Light Infantry Battalion 130 and captures town of Mantong. The Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone is now fully controlled by the TNLA.^[251]

• 25 December - Battle of Laukkai: Junta airstrikes and artillery in Tong Chain, Laukkai city kill 8 civilians and injuring 24 .^[252]

• 26 December - Battle of Laukkai: Tatmadaw's 55th Light Infantry Division and local Border Guard Forces (BGF) surrender to the MNDAA, totalling 90 people, including BGF commander Bai Suocheng. After the surrender, the MNDAA takes over the police compound and begin patrolling the city.^[253]

• 27 December - KNLA-led forces take control of Nat Than Kwin in the Bago Region.^[254]

• 28 December - "Most" of Laukkai comes under MNDAA control, with junta forces largely abandoning the city.^[252]

• 29 December - A fierce firefight erupted between the Junta soldiers and rebels. As a result 151 Junta soldiers crossed the border into Mizoram, India. They surrendered to Assam rifle forces, official report states that the soldiers will be repatriated back to myanmar as soon as possible. ^[255]

• 4 January - Battle of Laukkai: Junta military personnel surrender their headquarters on 4 January and hand weapons and ammunition to MNDAA troops as they and their families evacuate the city. Up to 1000 regime troops, family and civil servants were evacuated to Lashio, which itself is surrounded by the Three Brotherhood Alliance.^[256]

• 5 January: Battle of Laukkai ends, MNDAA gains full control of Laukkai and the Kokang Self-Administered Zone.^[257] According to the MNDAA, 2389 junta personnel and about 1600 family members laid down their arms and surrendered. A junta spokesperson stated that they made the decision prioritizing the safety of their families.^[258] Surrendering personnel and families who had not already left the previous day are evacuated to Lashio.^[259]

• 7 January - Myanmar Air Force launched an air strike on the Kanan villageinTamu Township, killing least 17 civilians, including nine children, and injuring 20.^{[260][261][262]} The military government denied it, claiming that it was false news.^[263]

• 8 January - Arakan Army captures the Taung Shey Taung base in Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State. 200 junta troops surrender during this battle.^[264]

• 9 January - Arakan Army engages in several heavy clashes in Paletwa Township escalating attacks to target Paletwa, a strategic town in the Indo-Myanmar Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project^[264]

• 12 January:
  • China announced that it had brokered a ceasefire between the junta and the Three Brotherhood Alliance.^[265]
  • The junta announces a plan to conscript soldiers from rural villages in Bago Region as increased firefighting in Bago threatens the Yangon–Mandalay Expressway.^[266]

• 13 January - TNLA reports that the junta breaks their ceasefire agreement with airstrikes in various townships in Northern Shan, including Lashio Township and Kyaukme Township.^[267]

• 15 January - Arakan Army captured the town of Paletwa in Chin State following fighting since November 13, 2023. ^[268]

• 18 January - Fierce firefighting ensues between Junta forces and Arakan Army with AA capturing a town on the Mizoram-Myanmar border. 276 Myanmar soldiers, along with their arms and ammunition, reached Bandukbanga village on the India-Myanmar-Bangladesh border tripoint and surrendered to the Indian army. ^[269]

• 20 January
  • The Indian Government decides to fence the 1,643km border with Myanmar, the decision was made after the recent influx of refugees and junta soldiers about more than 600 surrendering to indian forces.^[270]
  • The Tatmadaw and the Pa-O National Army (PNA) engages in a firefight with the Pa-O National Liberation Army (PNLA) at Hopong Township after the former attempted to confiscate weapons from the latter's convoy, injuring some soldiers and PNA fighters while PNLA casualty figures remain unknown.^[271]
  • KIA and allied forces captured the town of Mabein.^[272]

• 24 January -
  • PNLA, local PDF forces, and the KNDF attack the PNO/Junta-controlled town of Hsi Hseng. The Tatmadaw responds with airstrikes and shelling.^[273]
  • InYe, Mon State, the PDF ambushes a vehicle belonging to the Junta-aligned Mon Peace Defense Force (MPDF). Three MPDF members were killed and two Type 56 AKs and an M79 grenade launcher are captured.^[274]

• 25 January: Arakan Army seizes the control of a port town, Pauktaw after heavy clashes with junta forces. Most of the town's buildings are heavily damaged.^[275]

• 26 January: PNLA takes control of Hsi Hseng, Shan State.^[276]

• 29 January:
  • KNLA and PDF forces shoot down a Tatmadaw Eurocopter AS365 with machine guns, sniper rifles, and RPGs as it was landing. Brigadier General Aye Min Naung of the 44th Light Infantry Division and the pilot were among the five recorded casualties.^[277][278]
  • Arakan Army has reportedly seized the Junta's Light Infantry Battalion 380 headquarters in Minbya Township, Rakhine State.^[279]

• 31 January: A joint force led by Karen National Defence Organisation conducts a drone strike that killed two military commanders; Captain Zaw Win Naing of 32nd Infantry Division and Captain Wai Lin Soe of 585th Light Infantry Division in Htee Ka Pa Lel village, south of Myawaddy town.^[280]

• 1 February: Arakan Army has reportedly captured the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 540 in Mrauk-U Township after heavy fighting.^[281]
• 5 February
  • Myanmar Air Force bombs a school in Dawsiei village, Demoso Township, killing at least four children and injuring ten.^[282]\
  • A Bangladeshi woman and a Rohingya man died from a mortar shell that fell on the Ghumdum border in Bandarban, reportedly fired by Myanmar.^[283]
• 6 February: Combined forces of the KIA and PDF have seized two junta military outposts in Hpakant and Mansi townships in Kachin State.^[284]
• 7 February:
  • Arakan Army took control of Rakhine State's Minbya Township after capturing the last two military battalion headquarters in the township.^[285]
  • The Arakan Army additionally capture the town of Kyauktaw, while heavy fighting continued in Mrauk U and Ramree.^[286]
• 9 February: The Tatmadaw and police abandons their posts in Myebon to report to Kyaukphyu on 9 February, leaving ammunition behind in their rush and abandoning the southern township of Mrauk-U District.^[287]
• 10 February:
  • Myanmar's junta announced a law requiring all men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 to serve at least two years under military command from 10th February onwards.^[288]
  • Mrauk U was captured by the Arakan Army, with three Myanmar Navy landing craft reportedly being sunk.
• 11 February: In response to the seizure of the three towns, the junta blows up the Kisapanadi bridge, which spans the Kaladan RiverinKyauktaw Township at 8 p.m. Earlier that day, they also destroy the Min Chaung bridge at the entrance to the state capital, Sittwe.^[289]
• 13 February: Anti-junta groups conceded that regime forces recaptured the town of Kawlin from the NUG.^[290]
• 14 February:
  • A splinter group of the New Mon State Party's armed wing, Mon National Liberation Army, named Mon National Liberation Army (Anti-Military Dictatorship), announcea that they will no longer negotiate with the junta and will join hands with the revolutionary forces, effectively declaring war on the junta.^[291][292] The splinter group's leadership, made up of senior MNLA officials, stated that they would only be active in areas the MNLA was not^[293] and intended to unite with local resistance forces.

^[294]

• • Combined forces of the Karenni Army and Karenni Nationalities Defense Force captured the town of Shadaw after almost a month-long battle, leading Shadaw Township to be the second Kayah township completely captured by Karenni forces.^[295]
• 15 February: The Arakan Army captured Myebon after junta forces abandoned it 6 days earlier.^[296]
• 18 and 19 February: 100 Rohingya men from four villages in Buthidaung Township are conscripted by the junta despite the draft only applying to citizens. The men undergo 14 days of basic training while the junta promises them ID cards, a bag of rice, and a monthly salary of 41 USD. Many Rohingya who successfully dodge the draft strive to join Arakan Army over ARSA or the RSO.^{[297] [298]} Simultaneously, junta officials threatened to revoke the citizenship of Kamein IDPsinKyaukphyu if men between the ages of 18 and 55 did not form militias.^[299]
• 20 February:
  • KIA forces capture the Jehkam military base after 4 days of attacks.^[300]
  • The Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) announced that it and its armed forces will join forces with the anti-junta resistance forces.^[301]
• 22 February:
  • Junta forces launched an offensive to recapture the town of Maw Luu, which had been captured by the KIA and ABSDF in December 2023.^[302]
  • Clashes broke out east of Hopong after junta/PNA forces attacked PNLA forces. After several hours, junta forces were forced to retreat.^[303]
• 23 February
  • SSPP and allied troops captured a military base between Hopong and Mong Pan. ^[304]
  • Clashes were reported at the Htam Sam cave between PNLA and the Junta, along the Taunggyi-Loilem road.^[305]
• 26 February: AA intensifies clashes on Ramree killing 80 junta soldiers over three days.^[306]
• 27 February: The majority of homes in Kawlin are razed by junta forces.^[307]
• 28 February: AA captures the final junta outpost in Minbya Township, taking full control of the township.^[308]
• 29 February: An Indian delegation led by Parliament member K. Vanlalvena meets with members of the Arakan Army in Paletwa to discuss the continuation of the building of the Kaladan Road Project, alongside inspecting a section of the road.^[309]

• 2 March: The NMSP-AMD detained 3 leaders of local pro-junta "People's Militia Forces" in Karmarwet and Kawt Pi Htaw, Mudon Township, additionally seizing several weapons. ^[310]
• 3 March - Junta soldiers based in Hsaik Hkawng and Bang Yin attack Hsi Hseng, entering the city.^[311]
• 4-5 March: In response to NMSP-AMD activity, the junta expanded their presence in Mudon and Kamarwet Townships, stationing 160 soldiers throughout both townships.
• 5 March
  • The Tatmadaw claim to have imposed martial law on three townships that were under the administrative and military control of the TNLA: Mantong Township, Namhsan Township, and Namtu Township. The announcement was interpreted by analysts as an attempt to "save face by declaring martial law in towns over which they have lost control".^[312]
  • the Arakan Army capture the town of Ponnagyun and its surrounding township.^[313] During the battle, Myanmar Navy warships and fighter jets shell the town, destroying the Zay Ti Pyin bridge connecting Ponnagyun to Rathedaung.^[314]
  • Karenni forces capture the Hpasawng Bridge to which the junta responded by attacked a monastery in the town , killing five and wounding 20 internally displaced people (IDP).^[315]
• 7 March
  • Operation 0307: the KIA simultaneously launches attacks on over ten junta outposts in eastern Kachin. Fighting primarily takes place along the highway between Bhamo and the Kachin State capital, Myitkyina, as well as around Laiza.^[316]
  • U Shwe Min, a pro-junta militia leader of the Lisu National Development Party, was killed during a KIA raid on a camp near Aung Myay Thit village.^[317]
• 8 March
  • AA issues a statement stating that they will cooperate with local Chin leaders to create a civilian government in Paletwa, with the AA acting as peacekeepers.^[318]
  • KIA captures a junta camp north of Sumprabum.^[319]
  • The PNLA accuses the junta of using chemical bombs to attack Hsi Hseng in violation of international agreements.^[320]
• 11 March: KIA announces they have captured 20 junta bases and outposts in Kachin State since launching an operation there the previous week.^[321]
• 12 March:
  • AA captures Ramree town in Rakhine State from the junta.^[322]
  • the Arakan Army claims to have captured the Aung Thapyay border outpost in Maungdaw Township, forcing 179 junta soldiers to flee into neighboring Bangladesh.^[323]
• 14 March:
  • MNDAAA reopens 2 border crossings, Chin Shwe Haw and Kyu Koke, on the border with China for trade.^[324]
  • Karenni forces capture the rest of Hpasawng and most of Hpasawng Township.^[325]
  • Junta forces begin an offensive on the villages of Sakkan and Kampani to resist anti-junta attacks on Kale, capturing Kampani. Resistance forces responded by issuing a "final warning" to junta forces in the town, prompting civilians to begin evacuating.^[326]
  • KIA begins attacking the Infantry Battalion 46 junta garrison post within Sumprabum. The junta responds with aerial strikes.^[319]
• 15 March- KIA seizes the headquarters of the Infantry Battalion 237 in Bhamo District.^[327]
• 17 March - Arakan Army captures the town of Rathedaung, cutting off Sittwe from northern Rakhine State.^[328]
• 19 March- 21 administrators in Rakhine's Thandwe announce their resignation in response to the military recruitment.^[329]
• 22 March
  • The KIA claims to have captured over 50 military outposts and 13 strategically significant junta bases around the Myitkyina-Bhamo Road, including: all outposts surrounding Laiza, battalion headquarters in 5 townships, and camps near the KIA's old headquarters of Pajau.^[330]
  • the Mon State Revolution Force (MSRF), in cooperation with several other Mon State-based resistance groups, begin vehicle inspections along the road stretching from the Malwe Mountain to Kaleinaung, prompting junta forces to close the road.^[331]
• Before 23 March - Sometime before the 23rd, a Rohingya man was shot in Sittwe, with the Arakan Army being blamed. It was later found that the shooting was committed by one of the pro-junta factions of the Arakan Liberation Army, working as a proxy of the junta in an attempt to stir ethnic tensions between the Arakanese and the Rohingya.^{[332][dubious – discuss]}
• 24 March - The Arakan Army starts an offensive on Ann Township, launching attacks on Ann, the headquarters of the junta's Western Command. Concurrently, the Arakan Army launched attacks on neighboring Ngape TownshipinMagway Region. Ann's location is strategically important as the link between Rakhine and Magway Region via the Minbu-Ann road through the Arakan Mountains and as a gateway preventing AA from attacking southern Rakhine State.^[333]
• 25 March - the MNLA-AMD, alongside several allies such as the Mon National Army, captured the Kawt Bein Police Station in Kawkareik Township.^[334] In response, junta forces shelled Kawt Bein and surrounding settlements.^[335]
• 26 and 27 March- the MNDAA and the Shan State Army (SSPP) clashed in the Namsalat and Seiau Village Tracts, Hseni Township, after the MNDAA reportedly began launching drone bombs and attacks on SSPP camps.^[336]
• 27 March - Arakan Army forces seize the camp near Ge Laung and Lone Kauk villages of Ann Township.^[337]
• 28 March-
  • Papun is captured by the KNLA after a siege that began on March 20.^[338]
  • KIA seized two junta bases in Yaw Yone and Nga Gayan near Lweje on the Chinese border in Momauk Township.^[339]
  • Natogyi PDF and two other resistance groups attack a junta base in the east of Natogyi town and kill and injured several regime soldiers next day^[339]
• 29 March - Natogyi PDF and two other resistance groups attack regime forces stationed at the police station and construction department office in Natogyi.^[339]
• 31 March - the KNLA and the Ba Htoo Army ambushed junta reinforcements in Dawei Township, Tanintharyi Region, killing and injuring up to 40 soldiers.^[340]

• 1 April- the KIA completes the capture of the entirety of the Bhamo-Lweje road.^[340]

• 4 April- the People's Defense Force launched an unprecedented drone attack against Aye Lar airbase, the main Tatmadaw headquarters, and Min Aung Hlaing's residence in the capital, Naypyitaw. Almost 30 drones were deployed; junta forces claimed 7 were shot down.^[341][342]

• 5 April- The junta garrison in Myawaddy surrenders to the KNLA, allowing anti-junta forces to take the border town.^[343]

• 7 April - During the capture of Myawaddy, certain junta officials fled into Thailand. The junta requested Thailand for a military flight from Mae Sot to evacuate said officials and others awaiting refuge on the border.^[344]

• 8 April - PDF forces launch drone attacks on the Southeastern Command headquarters in Mawlamyine while Soe Win, deputy commander-in-chief of the junta, was in the building.^[345]

• 9 April -
  • KNLA troops take control of the Thai–Myanmar Friendship Bridge border crossing in northeastern Myawaddy in the morning.^[346] Then, they launch heavy assaults on the LIB 275th base. In response, the Karen National Army (Formerly the Karen State Border Guard Force) states that they had taken positions in the town to prevent clashes.^[347]
  • The Second People's Assembly of the National Unity Consultative Council pledged to revoke the 1982 Myanmar nationality law, a law which has been historically used to discriminate and attack ethnic minority groups throughout the country.^[348]

• 10 April -
  • Around 10pm, the KNLA captures the LIB 275th base in the town and over 200 junta soldiers cross the border into Mae Sot. In response, Thailand deployed the 3rd Army along the border.^[349] After the capture of the town, the junta began sending reinforcements in a counteroffensive to retake the town, which promptly stalled in Kyondoe.^[350][351]
  • The Karenni National Solidarity Organisation (KNSO), a "people's militia force" under the junta, declares war on the junta and joined resistance groups after an over 20-year ceasefire.^[352]

• 14 April -
  • A bomb exploded during a Thingyan festival in Mandalay, injuring 12 people. No group claimed responsibility, although some PDF groups and Burmese artists warned people not to celebrate at SAC-sponsored festivals.^[353]
  • Simultaneously, the PDF launched 107mm rockets at the Defence Services Academy to assassinate Min Aung Hlaing. However, he survived, and some of the shells missed their target and hit the Pyin Oo Lwin People's Hospital's orthopedic wing.^[354]

• 15 April - Arakha Army clashed with the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army in Buthidaung, resulting in 25 Rohingya deaths and 3,000 fleeing.^[355]

• 19 April- Two LGBT siblings were arrested in Kyaukphyu by the Myanmar Police Force. One, a vegetable seller, was accused of providing food to Arakha Army while the other was arrested on unknown charges.^[356]

• 23 April- The BURMA Act goes through its first implementation with $121 million earmarked for Fiscal Year 2024. $75 million is reserved for refugee assistance programs, $25 million for nonlethal assistance and technical support for the NUG and EAOs, and the rest towards documentation of atrocities, civil society programs, and assistance towards groups such as the Rohingya, political prisoners, and Tatmadaw deserters.^[357]

• 24 April- The town of Myawaddy was recaptured by junta forces after KNLA troops were forced to withdrew following heavy firefight.^[358]
• 25 April - After a day long battle involving around 300 junta troops, junta forces recapture the town of Kawt Bein and Dhamma Tha from Mon resistance

• 26 April- The Junta forces recaptured Kawkareik Township village on the border of Mon and Karen states from Karen and Mon rebels. Also the Kawbein village and Dhamma Tha village was also recaptured from rebels after heavy gunfight with arrival of reinforcements and heavy artillery bombardment.^[359]

• 27 April- It was reported that the Karen National Liberation Army captured a military base and supply station in Karen State’s Papun Township.^[360]

• 2 May – The junta suspended all permits for work by men outside the country and banned men of conscription age from leaving.^[361]
• 7 May – Thaksin Shinawatra, the former PM of Thailand, met leaders of the NUG and EAOs, attempting to mediate a resolution of the conflict.^[362]
• 9 May – Myanmar Air Force bombs to a monastery in Akyi Pan Pa Lun, Saw Township, Magway Region killing at least 15 and injuring 30.^{[363][364][365]}
• 11 May - Junta troops execute 32 villagers during the Lethtoketaw massacre in Lethtoketaw, Sagaing Region.^{[366][367][368]}
• 18 May - The town of Buthidaung is captured by the Arakan Army.^[369]
• 20 May -
  • The towns of Cikha and Tonzang, in northern Chin State, are captured by Chin resistance forces.^[370]
  • The Mon State Defense Force and the Mon State Revolutionary Force begin militarily cooperating.^[371]

• 7 June – Junta soldiers killed more than 60 villagers accused for collaborating with AA in Singaung village, Rakhine State.^[372]

• 8 June- The Tatmadaw launches an offensive to recapture National Highway 8, the only paved road linking the Tanintharyi Region in southern Myanmar to the rest of the country.^[373]

• 9 June-
  • The Junta Na Na Kha 2 battalion visited a Rohingya village in Maungdaw where the commander convinced youths to stay in the village and provide supplies when asked. However, the youths refused the order to burn down ethnic Rakhine houses and fled.^[374]
  • Chin resistance groups annonced the launch of "Operation Chin Brotherhood", aimed at coordinating their efforts to drive junta's troops out of the state. They subsequently launched an attack on the town of Matupi.^[375]

• 11 June- The Kachin Independence Army capture the town of Sadon, resulting in the loss of junta control for all border trade routes in Kachin State. ^[376]

• 23 June- The Arakan Army captures Thandwe Airport.^[377]

• 24 June- The Arakan Army captures Taw Hein Taung base in Ann Township.^[378]
• 26 June- After announcing the day before that it would resume military operations against the junta following repeated ceasefire violations, the TNLA seizes the town of Nawnghkio in northern Shan State.^[379]

• 3 July - the TNLA seizes the town of Kyaukme.^[380]
• 11 July - Following an agreement with junta forces, the UWSA takes control of the town of Tangyan in northern Shan State.^[381]
• 13 July - The SSPP/SSA takes control of the town of Mongyai, in a move apparently aimed at preventing fighting in northern Shan State from spreading southwards.^[382]

• 17 July - The PDF launch a rocket attack on Naypyidaw Airport. No casualties were reported.^[383]

• List of engagements during the Myanmar civil war (2021–present)