Overview
- Thailand carried out fresh airstrikes and armor fire on Tuesday, saying the goal is to degrade Cambodia’s ability to mount attacks across multiple border fronts.
- Cambodia accused Thailand of striking civilian areas and said its forces were compelled to take defensive action, while Bangkok rejected that claim and blamed Cambodian fire-support positions.
- Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ruled out talks as the military proceeds with planned operations, even as a senior Cambodian adviser said Phnom Penh is ready to negotiate and the U.S. called for an immediate halt to hostilities.
- Fighting has expanded along the 817-km frontier, with Thai forces reporting navy-led operations in coastal areas and Thai statements accusing Cambodia of using artillery, rockets and bomb-dropping drones.
- Thai officials reported four soldiers killed and 29 people injured, while Cambodia’s Defense Ministry said nine civilians were killed and 20 seriously injured, as both countries evacuate hundreds of thousands from border zones.