联合国针对缅甸设立的独立调查机制发布报告显示，自去年七月以来，这类攻击事件持续增加，特别是在十二月和一月举行的选举前夕有显著升级。报告也指出，缅甸军方与各武装组织所犯下的战争罪和反人类罪行，在频率和强度上都持续加剧，并收集了大量关于任意拘留、酷刑和性暴力的证据。
尽管军方支持的政府试图透过选举营造恢复文人统治的假象，西方国家普遍认为该选举既不自由也不公平。随著军政府领导人敏昂莱在四月就任总统并加强外交活动，他虽然承诺恢复与东协成员国的正常关系，却也同时拒绝了该集团针对缅甸停滞不前的和平计划。
United Nations investigators have reported that Myanmar's military is increasingly utilizing drones, motorized paragliders, and other low-cost aircraft to launch attacks on civilians. These operations frequently involve low-altitude strikes with unguided explosives and even employ "double-tap" tactics, where a second strike follows shortly after the first, specifically targeting first responders and fleeing individuals.
A report by the UN's Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar revealed a continuous rise in such attacks since last July, with a notable escalation preceding the elections held in December and January. The findings highlight an escalating frequency and intensity of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the military and armed groups, alongside extensive evidence of arbitrary detention, torture, and sexual violence.
Despite efforts by the military-backed government to present the recent elections as a return to civilian rule, Western nations have largely dismissed the process as neither free nor fair. While junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, who assumed the presidency in April, has increased diplomatic outreach and promised to normalize ties with ASEAN members, he has simultaneously rejected the bloc's stalled peace plan for Myanmar.