Projectile event in Mae Sot District, Mae Kok Khaeng area, Thailand on Thu 22nd October 2026

Mizzima: Fighting continues to intensify between the military junta and resistance forces in areas in the southern part of Myawaddy Township, Karen State, along the Thailand-Myanmar border, and it is reported that some artillery shells fired during the fighting landed and exploded on the Thai side.

Battles have become increasingly intense in the Phlu-Min Let Pan corridor and along the Thae Phyu Chaung corridor, where junta military columns are operating, and the junta is mainly using air support. Likewise, artillery support is being provided from junta positions and bases including Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 275, which guards Myawaddy, Letkhat Taung, and Ingyin Myaing.

While such artillery support was being provided, on the evening of yesterday (22 October), four artillery shells fired from the Myanmar side crossed the Moei River and landed and exploded on the Thai side near Mae Kok Khaeng village in Mae Sot District, causing injuries to one woman and damage to some houses.

“It was fired from the military side. Definitely. If it were fired from our side, it would have gone in the opposite direction. They fired it and it landed on the riverbank side,” a military source told Mizzima.

On the evening of today (23 October), artillery fire and small-arms fire could also be heard from the Phlu-Min Let Pan corridor, said a resident of Min Let Pan village who is taking shelter near Mae Kok Khaeng village. The resident said that fighting has resumed almost continuously at night for at least the past five days.

Fighting has resumed for months because junta forces have split into columns and launched military offensives into southern areas of Myawaddy Township, and during the fighting they have been making extensive use of conscripts forcibly recruited under the 2024 People's Military Service Law.

Artillery shells and some drones fired during the fighting frequently cross the border and land and explode on the Thai side.

During the third week of October, an artillery shell also crossed the Moei River and exploded near a school opened for migrant children on the Thai side.

Because of growing signs of military tension on the Myanmar side, Thai authorities have tightened security along the border and are also conducting patrols and surveillance more intensively than before.

The junta has been launching military operations and offensives since late 2025 in an effort to recapture border bases lost to joint KNLA forces and to re-establish full control over the Thailand-Myanmar border region. However, due to blockade and attack operations by the KNLA joint forces, it is reported that they have still been unable to achieve territorial control.