a myanmar militaryjet circles a primary school. after seizing power in a coup, they are trying to crush an uprising, demanding democracy. when they think it's safe, they run. but the plane circles back.

explosion and gunfire across myanmar, the military is carrying out air strikes. on the ground, they are struggling to crush the resistance, so they've taken this fight against their own people to the air. the military is increasingly isolated by western sanctions, but it's russia that's providing them with deadly air power. explosion and gunfire air strikes are now a daily occurrence for the people of myanmar. more than 200 attacks have been reported since january. monasteries, hospitals, churches and schools have been hit.

seven of his friends were killed. soldiers took their bodies away and burned them. the deadliest attack in april killed more than 170 people. captain zay thu aung was a pilot in the myanmar air force for 18 years.

everything changed for him when general min aung hlaing seized power in february 2021, ousting the elected government. it sparked a mass uprising, demanding democracy be restored. the military responded with a violent crackdown.

captain aung knew he couldn't stay, and started planning to defect. do you feel ashamed that you were once one of them?

thit naong naong took part in the protests. his tattoo of the face of elected leader aung san suu kyi became one of the lasting images of the uprising. before the coup, he was a gym instructor. now he's a resistance fighter.

his unit is part of a civilian militia network, called the people's defence forces. gunfire they're being backed by ethnic armed groups, who have trained the young protesters, and they're proving to be a stronger force

than many expected. in october, thit noang noang's group seized a military base, capturing three soldiers. shouting and scenes like this have been repeated across myanmar. these unexpected gains have pushed the military into the air. what would the myanmar military�*s strength be like, without the air force?

the myanmar military is increasingly relying on its air power, because the resistance forces on the ground have been effective in pushing them out of this territory, and on their ends, the myanmar military has been unable to control territory in a consistent manner. myanmar witness is tracking the aircrafts the military are using. the russian presence has become more important. the military�*s actions have been condemned by most nations, but russia — who has long had ties with the military — has stepped up to become their strongest foreign backer. russian representatives have made very clear that, despite the war of 2021, they will continue to provide

the myanmar military with air force assets. with russia's help, the military is upgrading its air force, with these fighter jets. the sukhoi 30 is an advanced fighterjet that has both air both airto air and airto ground capabilities in the version exported to myanmar. it has an even greater capacity to carry weapons, up to 8,000kg, and, as of this moment, represents the most advanced aircraft in the arsenal of the myanmar military. captain aung knows these jets well. before defecting, he helped prepare for their arrival.

so far, two have been delivered. he shares his vital intelligence about the aircraft with groups trying to bring them down.

are you ever troubled by the fact that you're giving information to groups that are fighting against your former colleagues, yourformerfriends? but information that you are giving may lead to the killing of your former colleagues. in the air, this is how the resistance

is fighting back. 25—year—old khin sein leads a group of female drone bombers. they adapt civilian drones to carry home—made bombs. the resistance relies on public donations. she was a university student when the coup happened. chanting

the military crackdown pushed her to take up arms, and it's scenes like this that keep her in the fight. this village near their camp was destroyed by soldiers. she heads off with her unit to carry out another attack. things didn't go to plan. the bomb exploded in their hands.

thit naong nao�*s group is gaining ground. he frequently comes in contact with the military. but his guns are no match for the junta's airpower.

gunfire. across the border in thailand, the impact of the air strikes on the rebel soldiers is clear. these injured fighters are here illegally, so we are not showing their faces. this 22—year—old is now paralysed from the waist down.

what kind of planes were they, could you see them clearly? his mum crossed the border to look after him. and how did your mum react when you said you were injured? and will you keep fighting?

this history student lost an eye. he plans to go back to fight with drones. that night, we head to a safe house, a place the resistance is sheltering their former enemy, newly defected soldiers from the myanmar military, who refused to fight

their own people. the youngest amongst them joined the military when he was just 15. did you hear how people hated you, hated the military? did you hear what they were calling soldiers? but, right now, soldiers, young men like you, are raping women, burning villages, killing civilians.

is the military finding it hard now to recruit new soldiers? it took captain aung a year to defect and flee across the border to thailand.

his life now is a world away from his career in the airforce. he can't formally work or send his son to school here in thailand, but counts himself lucky to be out.

despite her injury, she is fighting on. she hasn't seen herfamily in over two years.

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hello, there. thursday was warm for many of us whether you with stock and a cloud or you got to see some sunshine full with funded come out, temperatures climbed readily into the 20s. fin out, temperatures climbed readily into the 205. on our earlier satellite _ readily into the 205. on our earlier satellite picture - earlier satellite picture behind me here you can see a swell of cloud. it looks beautiful on the imagery that it is actually an area of low pressure that will creep its way east over the next few days and dominate our weather and keep things unsettled. 0n keep things unsettled. on friday we should see a bit more on the way of sunshine developing for many areas, one or two showers and a band of rain picking across the northern isles and generally showery weather in northern ireland late in the day. temperatures for most of between 17 and 2a, a slightly warmer day where you see a little more in the way of sunshine. forthe little more in the way of sunshine. for the weekend, this is our weather maker and for the last few weekends low pressure has been in charge and

here we go again. it is not going to rain all the time, it will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers but some showers will be on the heavy side. breezy and windy in places and feeling rather cool. a fresh feel to the weather developing. through saturday you can see the extent of the showers most likely across parts of northern ireland and scotland, having an thundery ones here but some showers across england and wales as well. sunshine in between, a breezy day and temperatures lower. 15— 22 degrees. we move on then to sunday with similar weather and sunny spells. showers most likely across parts of northern ireland and northern england but there will be some elsewhere as well. and across central and southern parts of the uk it will be quite a breezy day. nothing extreme but unusually windy for the time of year. temperatures between 15 and 21 degrees. as we look further ahead into monday, here comes another

weather system and another area of low pressure pushing and off the atlantic so more rain in prospect to start the new working week. this band of rain pushes northwards and eastwards and the timing is uncertain at this range, likely we will see showery weather following behind. the temperatures between 17 and 20 degrees. if anything, a little below the average for the time of year. moving into tuesday it looks like this area of low pressure will slide eastwards and on the back edge of that you can follow the white lines, the isobars to the north and that isobars to the north and that is where we will bring our air in from. northerly wind, never particularly warm, we will see showers circulating around our area of low pressure, some spells of sunshine as well and the temperatures between 15 and 20 degrees at best through tuesday afternoon. we keep that decidedly cool northerly flow as we head deeper into next week. that will hold temperatures back around or

below the average for the time of year. you can see the light yellow colours creeping in. low pressure to the east of us. high—pressure tries to build in from the west but even as it does there is likely to be weakness in that high still allowing areas of low pressure through from time to time. however you slice it, the weather looks like staying unsettled well into next week and that of course takes us into the start of august. there will be rain at times and temperatures, if anything, a touch below the norm for this time of year. bye for now.

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