The regime’s Ministry of Information (MOI) reported on Friday that one Myanmar Air Force defector named Nay Win Aung was among an unknown number of people killed by regime airstrikes carried out on the National Unity Government (NUG) “Special Division Command” on Sept. 24.
The People’s Defense Force (PDF) under NUG command, carried out search and rescue operations at their base of operations along the Bago Region and Mon State corridor at an undisclosed location. At least five PDF members were reportedly killed and an unknown number of others were injured during the airstrikes.
The coordinates of the “Special Division Command” was reportedly provided by military informants in the community and resistance forces, according to the regime.
NUG spokesperson Nay Phone Latt told BBC Burmese that Naypyidaw’s claim that informants shared location details of the “Special Division Command” is a way for it to wage “psychological warfare” against resistance forces operating in territory it has seized since the uprising to the 2021 military coup began five years ago.
The NUG has not released an official statement on the attack or the number of casualties.
Following the Sept. 24 strikes, the PDF requested Myanmar and international media not to report on the attack immediately as they carried out search and rescue operations and were fearful of more airstrikes.
At least three civilians, including a six-year-old child, were killed and 15 patients were injured by 10 airstrikes carried out on an NUG-run hospital in Sagaing Region’s Pinlebu Township on Aug. 16.
The PDF told DVB that the airstrikes may have resulted from an intelligence leak by former commanders of the now defunct Burma National Revolutionary Army (BNRA) who escaped the PDF custody.
Located 190 miles (305 km) north of the Sagaing capital Monywa, Pinlebu was captured by the PDF in October 2024 and has been under NUG administration for nearly two years.
An undeclared number of PDF members were injured by airstrikes carried out on a PDF camp in Bago Region’s Okpho Township on Aug. 2. The camp’s location was allegedly tipped off to the military by PDF defectors, but the NUG has not commented on the claim. Okpho is located 114 miles (183 km) northwest of the region’s capital Bago.
At least five PDF members were killed and two civilians were injured by airstrikes on a PDF office, which was repurposed as a clinic, in Sagaing Region’s Mawlu town on Jan. 21. The PDF office’s location in Indaw Township was allegedly provided by military informants.
Mawlu, which was seized by the PDF on Dec. 13, 2023, was recaptured by regime forces on May 5.
Indaw town, which was seized by the PDF with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on April 7, 2025, was recaptured by regime forces on April 30. The two towns are located 209-231 miles (336-371 km) north of Monywa,
