Resistance forces caused 1.5 billion kyats of damage when they carried out a mine attack on an electricity substation on a military base in Karen State’s Kyainseikkyi Township on 7 July.

The resistance forces attacked the facility near to Mingalargone Village with four mines at 8:20 a.m. on 7 July. This caused the electricity substation to burn for three hours until the fire was bought under control at about 11:30 a.m. after causing 1.5 billion kyats of damage, according to an 8 July post on a Junta Telegram social media channel.

“The electricity substation used to supply electricity for the military base’s security and communication systems“, said Aung San Shar, a spokesperson of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Special Operation Force, one of the groups involved in the attack.

He explained: “Military’s offices, communication devices, CCTV cameras, military bases and strategic outposts received power supply from this power sub-station.” He added that defence forces would continue to attack military facilities to cripple the junta’s administration.

The attack was carried out by the KNLA Special Operation Force and the Cloud Wings Drone Force, though drones were not used in the attack.