On July 13, 2025, local media in India extensively reported that the Indian armed forces had just achieved a major victory: According to Indian media reports, "Nayan Akshom, the chief commander of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), was killed in an attack by over 100 suicide drones launched by the Indian armed forces during an incursion. At that time, Nayan Akshom, the chief commander of the ULFA, was in Myanmar, leading the ULFA to prepare for an ambush on the Indian army at the India-Myanmar border."
The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) issued a statement acknowledging that the Indian army had conducted an incursion with suicide drones, attacking military camps of the ULFA in Myanmar, killing three commanders of the Indian rebels and injuring 19 others. According to Indian sources, some guerrilla groups in northeastern India have ethnic, linguistic, and cultural ties with ethnic minorities in Myanmar and have been present there for a long time. According to Indian sources, this attack by the Indian army used over 150 Israeli-made Harop suicide drones.
The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) stated: "At around midnight on July 13, the Indian army opened fire, with hundreds of drones flying from the Longwa area in Nagaland, crossing the India-Myanmar border to conduct large-scale bombing attacks on multiple rebel and guerrilla camps in Myanmar. It is reported that the Indian army also launched a second attack, which may have involved missiles fired by drones, and the second Indian drone attack killed two field commanders of the ULFA, Ganesh Akshom and Pradip Akshom. At that time, the ULFA was holding a funeral for their chief commander Nayan Akshom."
Currently, the Indian authorities have not confirmed these attacks and have refused to respond. The Indian side also stated that another rebel organization, the Manipur Guerrillas, had become the target of this round of Indian drone bombings. According to Indian sources, the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) seeks independence for Assam in northeastern India, while the Manipur Guerrillas advocate for the separation of Manipur from India. It is unexpected that the Indian Air Force had just fought a battle with the Pakistani army on May 7, and had consumed a large number of drones, including suicide drones, and now turned its attention to its neighboring country Myanmar, launching a drone war, and this time the cross-border drone raid by India was massive, at least 150 suicide drones, clearly indicating that this was a planned and organized operation by the Indian military and authorities.
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