Addressing a press briefing at UN Headquarters in New York, Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres, confirmed that the UN chief strongly condemned the military action and urged an immediate cessation of violence to protect civilian lives and adhere to international humanitarian law. According to Rakhine-based armed group Arakan Army and local aid worker Wei Han Wong, the airstrike struck a crowded public market, residential buildings, and school zones in Kyauktaw town—located adjacent to the Bangladeshi border—killing 50 people and injuring 58 others. Arakan Army spokesperson Khaing Thukha accused the junta's air force of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. Dujarric emphasized that the escalating military assault underscores the harsh reality that conditions across Rakhine State remain entirely unviable for the safe, voluntary, and dignified repatriation of displaced Rohingya refugees currently sheltered in Bangladesh and neighboring nations.