Myanmar military offensive targets land for Russia-backed port project

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Myanmar's military is forcibly clearing land to advance a Russia-backed special economic zone and port project by deploying troops, burning villages, and sealing off areas in the south. Resistance fighters report on the aggressive military offensive impacting local populations.

Aug 21 - Myanmar's military has deployed hundreds of troops to forcibly clear areas marked for a Russia-backed special economic zone in the country's south, burning villages and sealing off surrounding tracts of land, according to resistance fighters and a local activist with direct knowledge.