The U.N. special rapporteur for Myanmar said Wednesday that Myanmar's military has imported at least a $1 billion worth of weapons and weapons materials since overthrowing the democratically elected government in February 2021, with Russia as the junta's top supplier. "Russia and China continue to be the main suppliers of advanced weapons systems to the…
A UN expert has claimed that Russia and China have been sending deadly aid to Myanmar's military. The junta has apparently imported at least $1 billion in arms and other materials since it seized power in the country on February 1, 2021, through a coup.
Myanmar's junta reportedly arrested more than 21,000 people after seizing power and ousting Aung San Suu Kyi's government.
In the aftermath, the junta reacted with air strikes and heavy weapons after some opponents of military authority took up arms and joined ethnic minority insurgents in some places.
UNITED NATIONS: The economy of Myanmar is in free-fall but its military has imported $1 billion worth of weapons since seizing power in a 2021 coup and used them “to commit atrocities", a new United Nations report says.
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