Battle of Bhamo (2024)

Battle of Bhamo
	Part of Kachin Theatre in the Myanmar civil war
	; Aerial bombardment damage in Bhamo, May 2025 (by Myanmar Now News)
Date	4 December 2024 – present
Location	Bhamo, Bhamo Township and Mansi Township
Result	ongoing
Belligerents
Tatmadaw; Myanmar Air Force; Myanmar Police Force;	Kachin Independence Army; All Burma Students' Democratic Front; People's Defense Force;
Units involved
Tatmadaw Military Operation Command 21; Light Infantry Division 88 Light Infantry Battalion 47, 121, 236, 237; Tank Battalion 5014; Armored Battalion 7006; Artillery Battalion 366; ;	Kachin Independence Army unknown; People's Defense Force
Casualties and losses
Tatmadaw at least 100 injured; many captured; seven armoured vehicles captured; some tanks destroyed; Two Mi-17 shot down ;	Kachin Independence Army Unknown, presumed heavy

On 4 December 2024 the Kachin Independence Army, All Burma Students Democratic Front and others Kachin-based resistance groups, launched an operation to capture Bhamo. The operation has targeted also Bhamo Township and Mansi Township. While losses seem heavy on both sides, thousands civilians are trapped in the town under constant airstrikes, artillery and drone bombardment.