Editing Tatmadaw (section)

==== 2021 coup d'état and aftermath ====
{{main|2021 Myanmar coup d'état}}
[[File:Myanmar civil war.svg|thumb|190px|Military situation in Myanmar {{As of|2025|lc=yes}}. Areas controlled by the Tatmadaw are highlighted in {{highlight|red|#EBC0B3}}.]]
In February 2021, the Tatmadaw detained [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] and other high-ranking politicians after a contested election with disputed results. A [[state of emergency]] had been declared for one year.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Myanmar military takes control of country after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi|work=BBC News|date=February 2021|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55882489/|access-date=1 February 2021|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131235905/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55882489|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[State Administration Council]] was established by [[Min Aung Hlaing]] on 2 February 2021 as the current government in power. On 1 August 2021, the State Administration Council was re-formed as a [[caretaker government]], which appointed Min Aung Hlaing as [[Prime Minister of Myanmar|Prime Minister]].<ref>{{cite web|date=1 August 2021|title=Urgent: Myanmar forms caretaker government: State Administration Council|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-08/01/c_1310100662.htm|url-status=live|access-date=8 October 2021|website=Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008051114/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-08/01/c_1310100662.htm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1 August 2021|title=Myanmar military leader takes new title of prime minister in caretaker government – state media|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/myanmar-military-leader-takes-new-title-prime-minister-caretaker-government-2021-08-01/|access-date=8 October 2021|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801101648/https://www.reuters.com/world/india/myanmar-military-leader-takes-new-title-prime-minister-caretaker-government-2021-08-01/|url-status=live}}</ref> The same day, Min Aung Hlaing announced that the country's state of emergency had been extended by an additional two years.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 August 2021|title=Myanmar military extends emergency, promises vote in 2 years|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-health-elections-coronavirus-pandemic-myanmar-8504af88bd5b2c2c2b30c7da5baa8ad5|access-date=8 October 2021|website=AP NEWS|language=en|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008052136/https://apnews.com/article/business-health-elections-coronavirus-pandemic-myanmar-8504af88bd5b2c2c2b30c7da5baa8ad5|url-status=live}}</ref>

As the [[Myanmar civil war (2021–present)|Myanmar Civil War]] has progressed, the Tatmadaw has become more reliant on [[military aid]] from [[Russia]] and [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0079_EN.html|title=Texts adopted – Myanmar, one year after the coup – Thursday, 10 March 2022|access-date=15 March 2022|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315084225/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0079_EN.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/china-russia-arming-myanmar-junta-un-expert-says/a-60868089|title=China, Russia arming Myanmar junta, UN expert says &#124; DW &#124; 22.02.2022|website=[[Deutsche Welle]]|access-date=15 March 2022|archive-date=15 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315084224/https://www.dw.com/en/china-russia-arming-myanmar-junta-un-expert-says/a-60868089|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2023, analysts suggested that the Tatmadaw has sustained significant losses due to both combat against the pro-democracy insurgents as well as desertions within the rank and file soldiers. The [[United States Institute of Peace|United States Institute for Peace]] estimates that the Tatamadaw has sustained at least 13,000 combat losses and 8,000 losses due to [[desertion]].<ref name=hein>{{cite web |last1=Hein |first1=Ye Myo |title=Myanmar's Military Is Smaller Than Commonly Thought — and Shrinking Fast|website=United States Institute for Peace |access-date=15 November 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320140549/https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/05/myanmars-military-smaller-commonly-thought-and-shrinking-fast|archive-date=March 20, 2024|url=https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/05/myanmars-military-smaller-commonly-thought-and-shrinking-fast}}</ref> The Tatmadaw itself has acknowledged that it does not have control over 132 of Myanmar’s 330 townships, or 42 percent of the country's towns.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Myers |first1=Lucas |title=THE MYANMAR MILITARY IS FACING DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS |url=https://warontherocks.com/2023/11/the-myanmar-military-is-facing-death-by-a-thousand-cuts/ |website=War on the Rocks |date=17 November 2023 |access-date=24 November 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404084809/https://warontherocks.com/2023/11/the-myanmar-military-is-facing-death-by-a-thousand-cuts/|archive-date=April 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Abuza |first1=Zachary |title=Signs of desperation as the Myanmar junta rotates commanders |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/myanmar-reshuffle-05192023082730.html |website=Radio Free Asia |access-date=24 November 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117102307/https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/myanmar-reshuffle-05192023082730.html|archive-date=November 17, 2023}}</ref>

On 10 February 2024, the [[State Administration Council]] activated conscription under the 2010 [[State Peace and Development Council|SPDC]] ''[[People's Military Service Law]]'' in response to anti-junta ethnic militias and pro-democracy rebels capturing massive swathes of territory.<ref> [https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-military-army-draft-resistance-conflict-conscription-45138c3c465609ff4b4fb39c696252d7 Facing setbacks against resistance forces, Myanmar’s military government activates conscription law]. [[AP News]]. February 10, 2024. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210233754/https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-military-army-draft-resistance-conflict-conscription-45138c3c465609ff4b4fb39c696252d7|date=February 10, 2024}}</ref>