As part of its efforts to retake Mogok Town in Mandalay Region, bordering northern Shan State, the junta has been carrying out frequent airstrikes around the town. Around 7:30 am on October 16, junta aircraft dropped two 250-pound bombs on Upper Nyaungkone Village, east of Mogok Town, controlled by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), destroying a poultry farm and several homes. “A fighter jet dropped two 250-pound bombs. One of them hit a poultry farm directly, but thankfully no one was hurt.