JUNTA continues at air strikes after the devastating earthquake

The Myanmar Military Council continued to bomb parts of the war -torn country after the main earthquake there, which killed more than 1,600 people.

The United Nations described the attacks as “completely impressive and unacceptable.”

Tom Andrews, the special introduction, told the BBC, to the BBC that “nothing is less than the unbelievable” that the army continues to “drop the bombs when they try to save people” after the earthquake.

The military regime, who seized power in a coup nearly four years ago, called for all military operations.

“Anyone has an effect on the army that needs to intensify pressure and make it very clear that this is unacceptable,” he said.

“I call the Military Council to stop only, and to stop any of its military operations,” he added.

BBC Bormes confirmed that seven people were killed in an air strike in Nongcho, Northern Shan. This strike occurred around 15:30 local time, less than three hours after the earthquake was hit.

The rebel groups supporting democracy, which are fighting to remove the army from power, have reported air bombings in the town of Chang-or in the northwestern epic area, the center of the earthquake. There are also reports of air strikes in areas near the Thai border.

The National Unity Government (NG), which represents the absolute civil administration, said in a statement that its armed forces will begin temporarily for a period of two weeks in “offensive military operations, with the exception of defense measures” in the areas affected by the earthquake, from Sunday.

The 7.7 -size earthquake, which struck the epic, was perceived in neighboring countries. This was followed by reports of the destruction coming from Mandalay near – the second largest city in Myanmar – as well as the capital, NiB Tao, which is more than 150 miles (241 km).

Junta says 1644 people are known to have died and many of them are believed to be trapped under the rubble.

The earthquake comes four years after the Civil War in Myanmar, which followed a military coup in 2021.

What started at the beginning as a civil disobedience campaign, quickly developed into a widespread rebellion that includes rebel groups supporting democracy and groups-which eventually sparked a comprehensive civil war.

Four years later, violent fighting continued between the army on the one hand, and the ethnic armies and armed resistance groups on the other hand.

JUNTA, which has suffered from the ongoing and insulting defeats and has increased vast areas of land, is increasingly based on air attacks to crush its rule.

Large parts of the epic area, the earthquake center, are now under the control of the pro -democracy resistance groups.

An investigation in the BBC revealed that after nearly four years of seizure of power in a coup, The army now controls less than a quarter of the country.

The investigation revealed that the ethnic armies and a group of resistance groups now control 42 % of the country’s land bloc, while most of the remaining area is still disputed.

In the air fighting that the military regime has the upper hand. Resistance groups lack the ability to fight in the air.

The army has a date in implementing the random air strikes that destroyed schools, monasteries, churches and hospitals. in One of the most expensive air strikes, more than 170 people were killedIncluding many women and children.

The United Nations, which is investigating human rights violations in the country, has warned that the Military Council is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against its people.

The army’s air war warfare is maintained with constant support from Russia and China. Although the United Nations calls for an arms ban in response to a coup, China and Russia sold both a advanced attack and provided training on how to use it.

Russia and China have now sent help and rescue teams to Myanmar. But Julie Khan, the UK -based Burmese activist, said: “It is difficult to trust sympathy now, when the same countries that provide the military council with fatal weapons are also used to kill innocent civilians.”

There is also widespread concern that the army will use aid as a weapon in the civil war.

The Myanmar Army has a long -term exercise to deny aid to areas where resistance groups are active.

The BBC, Tom Andrews, told the BBC that during previous relief efforts, the military prevented aid and arrested relief workers.

“What we know from the previous humanitarian disasters, natural disasters, is that the military council does not reveal the truth. It also has a habit to prevent humanitarian aid from reaching where they are needed.”

“They are weapons of this aid. They send them to those areas they control and deny them to the areas they do not.

“So you have areas where there are the most severe needs and literally help in trying to enter, trucks that prevent the road, and people who are arrested and this was the pattern of their response to natural disasters in the past.

“I fear that I completely expect this to be the case with this disaster.”