Following fierce fighting combined defence forces took control of all the junta army camps in the area of Lat Kat Taung Mount in Myawaddy Township, Kayin (Karen) State, on 21 July.

"The fighting started on 10 July. Lat Kat Taung was their [the junta’s] key military base where heavy weapons and artillery were stationed. Now, we have seized the base. The junta’s military personnel cannot go there or back because we have closed off the routes since the fighting started. It took us more than ten days to fend off their reinforcements”, said a representative of KNLA Brigade 6, one of the defence forces involved in the fighting.

The Defence forces took control of the five junta bases in the Lat Kat Taung Mount area: Byuhar Hill, Tower Base, Botahtaung Base, Taitar Kone, and Phayarphyu Kone.

The defence forces, under the command of KNLA Brigade 6, started attacking all the five junta bases on at 6:00 a.m. on 20 July. They finally took control of the whole Lat Kat Taung area adfter 25 hours of fighting, at around 7:00 a.m. on 21 July.

There had reportedly been fighting in the Lat Kat Taung area since 10 July. During the 10 days of fighting the junta suffered many casualties and some resistance force fighters were also injured, according to the resistance forces involved in the fighting, KNLA Brigade 6 and Federal Wings.

The area of Lat Kat Taung is in the southern part of Myawaddy Township and there has been frequent fighting in the surrounding areas.