The junta is trying to control the entire AH1, a key trade route with Thailand, and initially launched operations in the Kyonbine, Inngyi, Hlaingsein, and Kaunghmu villages north of the Kyondoe-Kawkareik road section. Later, military operations expanded to include Yaepu, Nwarchankone, Mikalon, Weikzarkone, Hlaingkwe, Taungkyarinn, and Myaukkyarinn villages south of the road section. “Lately, junta trucks loaded with reinforcements from Hpa-An, the capital of Karen State, have been arriving four or five times a day. But so far, the junta’s columns still haven’t been able to get past Kyonbine and Inngyi. During the fighting, the junta carried out airstrikes on villages including Kyonbine, Byatkha Thihakone, and Inngyi, further intensifying the battles.