SAC Airstrikes Kill 5 PDF Fighters in Indaw Township, Sagaing — Junta Multi-Front Aerial Campaign Continues on Day 1,939

Myanmar military junta airstrikes struck Hman Hae Village in PDF-controlled Mawluu area, Indaw Township, Sagaing Region on May 25, 2026, killing five resistance fighters and injuring two civilians, according to reports aggregated by Myanmar Now and LiveUAMap Myanmar from local CDM (Civil Disobedience Movement) sources. Indaw Township sits at the northern tip of Sagaing Region on the Kachin State border — it had been a major battleground throughout April-May 2026 as KIA-led forces pressed toward Katha District from the north while SAC columns advanced from Htigyaing-Katha from the south. SAC forces completed the recapture of nearby Mawlu (~20km south of Indaw) on approximately May 5, 2026, securing junta control of the Mandalay-Myitkyina highway corridor and cutting KIA-PDF overland logistics. The May 25 airstrike on Hman Hae Village in the PDF-controlled Mawluu area represents the ongoing SAC effort to root out PDF fighters who remain embedded in villages of the Indaw-Katha corridor following the junta's highway recapture. The strike also comes three days after the KIA announced a tactical defensive shift in Kachin State (May 22) in response to the SAC's 300-vehicle armored reinforcement convoy reaching Myitkyina — reducing the resistance operational tempo in the joint KIA-PDF northern operational theater. May 25 marks Day 1,939 of Myanmar's civil war since the February 1, 2021 military coup. The Myanmar junta has conducted 5,912+ documented air attacks since the coup, with ACLED recording 2,602 in 2025 alone — the highest annual rate in the conflict.