๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ 2, 2024 โ Sixteen junta soldiers, including a captain, who were part of the 585th Light Infantry Battalion (LIB-585) stationed at a hill-based outpost near Warmeehta village in Myawaddy, Karen State, on the Thai-Myanmar border, were attacked by aerial bombardment while attempting to defect to the resistance forces, according to reports.
The soldiers, who were trying to join the Kawthoolei Army (KTLA), were attacked while on their way. The airstrike reportedly followed intelligence provided by seven junta soldiers who chose not to defect and remained at their base.
โ[๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข] ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ต๐ข, ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. [๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ] ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ 70 ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ,โ said Captain Saw Kyar of the Tiger Column under KTLA.
This incident came shortly after a drone strike by KTLA on Warmeehta outpost on November 28, which reportedly triggered the decision of these soldiers to defect.
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