- Web Master
- September 01, 2023
The junta forces are carrying out reconnaissance with drones during night hours in different areas controlled by the Arakan Army (AA) in three townships of Rakhine State, said local residents.
It wad conducted in many areas under Mrauk U township along with its bordering areas under the townships of
Rathedaung and Buthidaung.
On 25 July at around 11 pm, the locals witnessed military drones in the sky of Mrauk U and its adjacent
mountains, claimed a ULA/AA source.
"It should be accepted as a violation to the agreement signed by the militray council. The drones might have
taken pictures of the AA camps. Most
of the AA members are stationed in and around Mrauk U township. So it's a kind of provocation," he added.
Currently, the AA side is only monitoring the drone activities, but if the junta continues with the practice,
they shoot down it.
Some residents claimed that the reconnaissance was done on the night of 21 and 25 July too over the villages
and mountain areas bordering Rathedaung
and Buthidaung townships.
A Buthidaung resident informed that the junta used the drone in between 9 and 10 pm. It flew over the
village and later went towards the
mountain areas, he added.
The drone was seen flying over Ray Kaung Chaung, Kharu Chaung and Phatha Dus villages under
Rathedaung township and also Thyai
Ta boke, Tha Pyay Site, Si
Daung, Kan Byint and Sapar Htar villages under Buthidaung township.
Since 26 November 2022, the military council and the AA are maintaining an informal ceasefire rules.
Surprisingly, the junta forces
conducted the reconnaissance in AA controlled areas with no
information to the other party.
Earlier, the fully armed junta forces tried to enter the AA controlled areas through the land and
waterways. Moreover, the testing of small arms by junta forces also came to the notice of villagers.
ULA/AA spokesperson U Khaing Thukha, while talking to media recently, termed the military assess as a
violation of their commitments. He warned
that if the kind of activities go on, the gun fighting may return any time in Rakhine State.
Photo Caption - On June 24, 2020, the AA seized an Israeli-made unmanned drone used by the military Junta .