Myanmar’s military jet fuel supplies hit by latest US sanctions

Myanmar military aircraft perform on Armed Forces Day in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw in 2015. The US Treasury announced on March 24, 2023 that sanctions designed to cut the military regime's supplies of jet fuel had been imposed on companies and individuals [File: Ye Aung Thu/AFP]

Jet fuel for Myanmar’s armed forces has been targeted in the latest sanctions imposed by the United States on the country’s military regime and crony businesses.

The US Treasury Department said on Friday that it had imposed sanctions on two people and six entities connected to Myanmar’s military, who had enabled the regime’s continuing atrocities.