SAC Jets Strike PDF Units in Myaing–Pauk Oil Field Area — Five Resistance Fighters Killed

Myanmar junta fighter jets struck PDF (NUG-aligned) resistance units operating in an oil field area between Myaing and Pauk townships in Magway Region on April 4, killing five fighters and injuring others. The PDF had surrounded oil fields in the area controlled by the SAC's Defense Minister for the Magway Federal Unit, triggering an air response. The strike reflected the junta's increasing reliance on airpower to defend economic assets and break resistance encirclements in Magway Region. The Myaing-Pauk oil fields are part of Myanmar's onshore petroleum infrastructure in Magway; junta control over these assets generates revenue critical to sustaining military operations.