Myanmar military has imported weaponry worth $1bn since coup
Al JazeeraAUG 2023
This ill-founded report is just the latest Western attempt to smear its geopolitical rivals, blaming them for internal problems in Myanmar. Given that many countries and private companies have stable and long-term military cooperation with Myanmar, it's not shocking that weapons and other materials have continuously been transferred after the military took over the country.
While it's not even a novelty that Myanmar's military junta — backed and emboldened by China and Russia since the 2021 coup — has been exterminating civilians as it carries out indiscriminate air strikes to crush the opposition, this report reasserts the need for the international community to adopt a similar approach to the response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.