Burmese resistance groups carried out drone strikes on a junta base near the Thai-Myanmar border.

The unmanned aerial vehicles were reportedly deployed by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) to drop bombs on the Myanmar army camp in Kayin state, just half a mile away from the Thai province of Tak, on March 2.

Footage shows explosions ringing out as the drone struck the junta encampment in the forested mountainside. Burmese soldiers allegedly retaliated with an airstrike against the resistance forces.

Authorities said the fighting sparked evacuations of refugees into Thailand.

The drone attacks come a few days after a skirmish erupted between Burmese soldiers and anti-junta groups in Tak province on February 27.

The Royal Thai Air Force said it has dispatched fighter jets to patrol the border airspace.

Myanmar has fallen into civil war following the removal of democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, with a military coup in 2021.

Soldiers responded with barbaric force on protesting civilians leading to widespread condemnation and financial sanctions. Rebel groups and civilian militias around the country have since been locked in a series of ongoing clashes with the ruling military.

Aung San Suu Kyi has since been jailed for 33 years on politically motivated charges and is likely to die behind bars unless the army is toppled - a tragic end the politician hailed by Barack Obama as an 'inspirational icon of democracy'.