As the BGF militia runs casinos nearby, refugees are told to sleep in cowsheds or return to a town on the brink of another airstrike-riddled battle. Read this Myawaddy update by Francesca Regalado & 📸 Mauk Kham Wah #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myan… via Nikkei Asia

A contact says the remaining #Myanmar junta troops and SAC admin staff are trying to escape Myawaddy via bridge 2. She is concerned SAC will now completely destroy the town. Big explosions continue to be heard from Mae Sot tonight. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

Does today's battle = the junta convoy reached Myawaddy? A PDF commander tells me no, it's just the SAC troops near 2nd bridge. 'We're attacking them and cutting off their reinforcements near Kawkareik,' he says. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

Black smoke engulfs a part of Myawaddy after a #Myanmar military air barrage. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Under bridge 2, several bullets have whizzed overhead, hitting construction materials, a tree and a pole in Thailand. A battle is raging across the river as of 12.30pm. Likely involving the remnants of 275th Battalion with air support vs KNLA/PDF. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

Bit surreal from the Thai side. While bridge 1 connecting #Myanmar and Thailand remains open and busy, people film a military helicopter fly over Myawaddy amid rapid bursts of gunfire. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

A few days ago, a popular Insta post reflected anxieties over Myawaddy – would the BGF/KNA help #Myanmar junta retake it? In this ground report, KNU says their admin will move in after the military op. Talks & manoeuvres amid airstrike threat hold Myawaddy in a state of limbo.