The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the People's Defence Force (PDF) seized a Myanmar Army outpost in a joint operation near Sum Pian village in Kachin State.

The KIA soldiers from Battalion 7 under KIA Brigade 1 and PDF coalition forces raided the military junta’s outpost which was on the Mytkina to Putao road between Prabum and Putao townships. and set it on fire at 10am on February 1. Villagers fled from the area of the fighting according to local residents who said that there are frequent clashes between junta troops and KIA and PDF forces in the area and that currently the KIA has full control of the road.

In mid-January KIA and Putao’s People’s Defense Force fought against junta troops in Northern Myanmar.

However, the KIA announced in late January that it would suspend military operations along the border at China’s request.