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It feels like we're driving through a dystopian movie set. It's dawn and the roads are shrouded in mist.
We're in Myanmar - a country that's been largely off limits to Western journalists since the military seized power in a coup nearly two years ago. He arrives at the event alongside an army of soldiers on horseback, their hooves clattering alongside an unnerving discordant soundtrack. "But outside the main cities like Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw, we are seeing what would amount to an all-out war…"And most of these airstrikes are targeting civilian communities, particularly in the ethnic areas."'We are seeing what would amount to an all-out war'The People's Defence Force , a network of armed resistance groups which formed after the coup, has in some parts of the country worked with long-established Ethnic Armed Organisations .
There are checkpoints as you enter them and the consequence of us flouting that rule could be immediate detention. But within minutes of arriving at the Bupaya Pagoda, a majestic setting by the famous Irrawaddy River, we see soldiers from a Light Infantry Division jumping off a truck and walking purposefully down steep steps to the river.
"The situation in the Yaw area is currently dire," he explains."Both sides are opposed to reducing the number of fights."On the map the area looks to be a short journey across the water. It's in the Magway region - a place the government accepts is experiencing heavy fighting. They've told us to stay away. 'If I speak to you without wearing a mask, then they will come and arrest me by using force'"It is loud. They said the instability was finished.
The war in Ukraine and COVID's legacy have compounded problems. But the economy is showing some signs of stabilising. Some sectors, like manufacturing, are reportedly recovering.Following a landslide election victory in November 2020, State Counsellor Suu Kyi and other democratically elected leaders were arrested in February 2021 and their government was overthrown.
"What we can say is that in some regions PDF terrorists are hiding and staying in villages. They are not wearing uniforms.He refutes entirely that the regime is burning villages and instead points the finger at the resistance."When the fighting happens they set fire to the villages and then flee."Instead he references the New Year's Eve celebrations in the big cities as if they are proof enough of a happy country.
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