THE malicious media spread fake information, claiming that security forces torched the village and opened fire using heavy and small weapons in Ngatayaw village, Yesakyo Township, Magway Region, on 19 March, and the villagers had fled their villages.
According to a local security official, such news was invalid. Security forces conducted security measures in Yesakyo Township and did not take any security measures in Ngatayaw village on that day.
Terrorists torched the villages and launched attacks using heavy weapons and drones. Subversive media outlets spread misinformation, covering up their terror acts and misleading the people about security forces. — MNA/KTZH

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar

North Korea says it has conducted a test-firing of its latest anti-aircraft missile system with the country's leader Kim Jong Un overseeing the launch.

State-run Korean Central Television reported on Friday that the Missile Administration conducted the test the previous day. It said the missile system has entered full-scale production. It said Kim gave a positive assessment of the test results. Kim reportedly said the country's military will be equipped with another major defense weapon system. A South Korean expert pointed out that North Korea may have received air defense technological and equipment assistance from Russia in return for dispatching troops. Sources related to the South Korean military said on Friday that North Korea launched several missiles from near Onchon in western North Korea toward the Yellow Sea west of the Korean Peninsula at about 9 a.m. on Thursday.

The South Korean military, in coordination with the United States, is reportedly analyzing the missile types and monitoring North Korea's movements.

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250321_15/

The European Council, which convened on Thursday, failed to make any practical decisions on more military aid to the Kiev government.

The final statement of the meeting makes no mention of the 40-billion-euro military aid package, proposed by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, or its reduced variant worth five billion euro.

The document was signed by 26 EU member states, because Hungary blocked the adoption of a joint statement. It says that the European Council will return to discussions on the subject during its next meeting, scheduled for late June.

Source: https://tass.com/world/1931527

With the aim of creating an uneducated society by depriving children of their right to education and instilling fear among the public, the NUG, CRPH and their subordinate PDF terrorist groups, which have been designated as terrorist organizations by the government, are carrying out various destructive activities across the country. These include intimidation and coercion of students, teachers and parents abductions and killings and arson and bombing attacks on education facilities. In addition to these acts, PDF terrorists, driven by destructive intent, are vandalizing government efforts to develop the education sector. Their actions include burning textbooks and teaching materials, seizing educational resources by force and distributing threatening letters at schools.
 Since they are committing such terrorist acts, on 19 March 2025 at 7:30 AM, a so-called PDF terrorist faction forcibly stopped the “Thit Sar Oo” passenger coach, which was travelling from Yangon city to Myingyan Town, near Taung Shae Village in Myingyan Township of Mandalay Region. The terrorists then took office and school documents that were being transported from the Taungtha Township Education Commissioner’s Office to the Myingyan Township Education Commissioner’s Office, it is reported.
Security personnel are taking necessary measures to identify and apprehend the terrorists involved in the above-mentioned case, in accordance with security procedures and will take legal action against them, it is reported.

Source: www.moha.gov.mm

MOSCOW, March 21 

Russia's foreign ministry said Thursday that Ukraine had breached a proposed 30-day ceasefire on energy infrastructure by striking a Russian oil depot, according to media reports.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told Russia's Channel One that the United States, which had proposed the ceasefire, was responsible for holding Ukraine accountable for its actions.

Her comments came after a Ukrainian drone attack ignited a fire at an oil depot near the village of Kavkazskaya in Russia's southern Krasnodar region.

A statement released by local authorities on Thursday evening noted that efforts to contain the fire were ongoing.

U.S. President Donald Trump held separate phone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this week. According to White House statements, Trump and Putin agreed that "the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire," while Trump and Zelensky "agreed on a partial ceasefire against energy."

The Ukrainian side also accused Russia of violating its pledges. Hours after Putin's phone call with Trump, Zelensky said there had been "hits, specifically on civilian infrastructure," including a hospital in Sumy.

Late on Thursday, Russian forces launched a mass drone attack on Ukraine's Odesa, injuring three people and damaging an apartment building and a shopping center, according to the regional governor. 

Source: https://english.news.cn/20250321/d54ccb0f87494df4935ceb269aca6106/c.html

Britain's defense ministry says up to 250,000 Russian troops have died since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022.

The ministry posted on social media on Thursday that Russian forces have likely sustained about 900,000 casualties, and 200,000 to 250,000 of these have been killed. It says the deaths are Russia's largest losses since the World War Two.

The ministry says Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian military leadership are almost certainly prepared to tolerate high casualty rates so long as this does not negatively affect public or elite support for the war, and those losses can be replaced.

It also says Putin and the leadership highly likely place significantly less value on the lives of ethnic minority Russian citizens from impoverished regions, where military recruitment efforts have been focused.

It adds that Slavic Russians from urban centers such as Moscow have contributed disproportionately fewer service personnel than poorer, ethnic minorities.

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250321_10/

In order to cause injuries to both peaceable civilians and administrative authorities who are striving to restore the rule of law, extreme terrorists provide financial assistance and instigate destructive activities, such as detonating explosive devices and remote blasting, against public roads, railways, government offices and houses.
Since they are conducting such terrorist acts, on 19 March 2025 at 8:10 AM, Ko Si Thu Hlaing (24 years old), a resident of Kin Tat Village in Myeik Township of Tanintharyi Region, stepped on an explosive device planted by a so-called PDF terrorist faction while he was on his way to a rubber plantation near Tone Byaw Gyi Village. As a result, he sustained shrapnel injuries and was transported to Myeik District Public Hospital for medical treatment, it is reported.
It has been reported that the security personnel are investigating the culprits of the acts of terrorism from the above incident to take effective action in accordance with the law. 

Source: www.moha.gov.mm

In Shwedaung Township, Bago Region, an explosion occurred while a male terrorist was transporting improvised explosive devices for an intended act of terrorism, resulting in his arrest after sustaining injuries.
 The incident took place on 18 March 2025 at 8:50 PM, in Kyar Ni Kan Ward, Shwedaung Township of Bago Region. Security personnel went to the scene and to investigate the explosion. According to the investigation, it was found that U Than Htike (52 years old), a resident of Yon Tan Ward in Shwedaung Township, was transporting improvised explosive devices on a sidecar motorcycle for a planned terrorist bombing. While travelling along Ti Kone Ywar Thit Road in Kyar Ni Kan Ward, an accidental explosion occurred. As a result, Than Htike sustained injuries from the blast. Security personnel also discovered an unexploded improvised explosive device near the site of the explosion. The injured U Than Htike was transported to Shwedaung Township Public Hospital for medical treatment, it is reported.
Security personnel are taking necessary measures as per security procedures and will take legal action against Than Htike as per the law. They continue to maintain stability and peace in the region, it is reported.

Source: www.moha.gov.mm

Terrorists committing terrorist activities have been engaging in battles, firing heavy weapons and improvised rockets and dropping bombs using drones into the public towns, wards, and villages.
Since they are committing such terrorist acts, on 18 March 2025 at 1:10 PM, a report stated that two men with shrapnel injuries were admitted to the Dawei Township Public Hospital of Tanintharyi Region. When security personnel promptly arrived at the hospital for further investigation, it was discovered that the victims were U Thein Zaw (44 years old) and Ko Thet Tin Oo (22 years old), both residents of Zee Kya Village in Yebyu Township. The incident occurred when a so-called PDF terrorist faction fired motars into the victims’ village. One of the mortar shells exploded within a rubber plantation yard in the village, resulting in their injuries, it is reported.
Due to the heinous acts of armed terrorists such as engaging in battles and firing of heavy weapons and improvised rockets within towns, wards and villages where innocent civilians peacefully reside, innocent civilians are injured or killed. Consequently, local residents are protesting vehemently against these acts of terrorism, completely refusing to accept them. Security personnel are intensifying necessary security measures in collaboration with the local residents, it is reported.

 In some townships across States and Regions, terrorists motivated by a radical ideology that views “anyone with differing views is an enemy” are conducting violent assaults and assassinations. Their targets are administrative officials who do not support their terrorist acts. Using firearms and knives, these terrorists are committing brutal assassinations after accusing them of “spies, informants or decoys”. This strategy is intended to instill fear among peaceable civilians and create a pervasive sense of dread within these communities.
Since they are committing such terrorist acts, on 18 March 2025 at 7:00 AM, a report stated that three men were shot dead in Myay Ni Kone Village of Sidoktaya Township of Mandalay Region. When security personnel promptly arrived at the scene for further investigation, it was discovered that Village Administrator U Win Thaung (62 years old), U Mya Thaung (68 years old), a 100-household elder and U Aung Myint Kyi (57 years old), a 10-household elder, all residents of the village, were attacked in their respective houses. Around 30 so-called PDF terrorists arrived and opened fire on them. As a result, all three men died on the spot, it is reported.

Security personnel are persistently taking necessary measures to identify and apprehend the terrorists responsible for the killings and the assassinations of administrative official and innocent civilians in the aforementioned case, it is reported.

Source: www.moha.gov.mm