Overview

• Ethnic groups MNDAA and TNLA claim capture of Lashio and Mogok, key military and economic centers.
• Junta denies loss of Lashio, stating clashes are ongoing in the town's outskirts.
• Videos and social media posts show celebrations by residents in captured areas.
• Renewed offensives follow the breakdown of a Chinese-brokered ceasefire in January.
• Military airstrikes and civilian casualties reported amidst intensified clashes.