According to Karen State, the highly strategic military kyaukni front line stronghold on the ShanLun River was captured, and Colonel Sutuge Xue, the combat commander of the KNU 5th Brigade, was killed.
On the morning of April 28, the military's Kyauknu front camp, just 1,200 meters away from the Danlun River in Thailand and Burma, was attacked by the KNLA, BPLA and allies, and although the stronghold camp was captured, the combat commander of the KNU 5th Brigade, Colonel Sutug Xue, was also killed.
According to a person familiar with the matter, the stronghold camp had planned to be captured by KNLA from the end of 2000 to January 2001, but it was unsuccessful. In addition, KNLA has planned to capture many times, but it has not been successful, but the loss is not small, and now although it has been successfully captured, the loss is quite large.
According to information sources on the front line of the KNLA 5th Brigade, the camp was small but of great strategic importance, and the military defenders were well prepared because they knew they were going to be attacked. The stronghold camp was garrisoned by subordinate units of the 434th Kamaya Battalion of the military.
Captain Niduda, who participated in the CDM, said that on the first line of the Damran River, the military has 32 stronghold camps, the larger camps are Doleta, Itota, Kyaukne, Dimuta, etc., and then there are camps such as Meipo and Dameta, in addition, there are some small stronghold camps, I can't remember the name.
The military's large front-line stronghold camp, Dimota, was captured by the KNLA 5th Brigade on 27 March 2021. The Doleta stronghold camp was also captured on 27 April 2021. The Kyaukne stronghold camp was captured on April 28, 2022. During the battle, there were casualties on the KNLA side.
A captain officer who did not want to be named to participate in the CDM said that attack and defense, the offensive side needs to use more troops and firepower, the camp to conquer the defensive side in the war, although the personnel strength is small, firepower is small, but as long as you are prepared, it is still very powerful to fight back. The attacking side costs 3 times the troops and firepower. The situation in the camp is that it is far from reinforcements and artillery support, so it is necessary to be prepared for defense, dig trench holes, and find good fire points. Camp battles, casualties on both sides, were inevitable.
Allegedly, after the camp of the Kyauk Nie stronghold was captured, the military dispatched fighter planes to conduct air raids on the village of Menuta near the camp, causing the villagers to flee and take shelter.