Beginning on 6 October 2015 a large scale offensive by the
Tatmadaw comprising 20 Burma Army battalions has been launched in central Shan State. The aim of the military is to seize Shan ceasefire territories in Kehsi,
Mong Nawng,
Mong Hsu and
Tangyan townships, using heavy artillery and with fighter jet and helicopter gunship air support to indiscriminately shell and bomb civilian areas. These attacks have displaced thousands of
Shan,
Palaung,
Lisu and
Lahu people causing a new humanitarian crisis. ==References==