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Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar regime sends Russian aircraft to bomb lost territory

MiG-29 jets and Mi-35 helicopter gunships operating along Thai border

One of Myanmar's four Russian-made Su-30 jet fighters was on display at Myanmar's 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw on March 27, 2023. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

BANGKOK -- From their perch in Thailand, air force officers track radar blips of the busy skies above neighboring Myanmar, where Russian-made fighter jets and helicopter gunships are being deployed in aerial attacks as Myanmar's troops increasingly lose control on the ground.

During two days in early April, there were 21 flights "to bomb and for logistics," a highly-placed source in the Thai military told Nikkei Asia.

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