The 2nd Army Region summarized the border clash: Thailand deployed aircraft to destroy a BM-21 rocket arsenal on Piyah Sabaek Hill. However, the bodies of two soldiers remain unrecovered from Hill 350 due to dense Cambodian resistance using small arms, grenades, and landmines in the area. Tags: [military conflict, Thai-Cambodian border, BM-21 rockets, Hill 350, Cambodian resistance]
On 19 December 2025, the 2nd Army Region Operations Center provided an update on the Thai-Cambodian border situation as of 12:00 noon.Tags: [border update, military report, 19 Dec 2025, Thai-Cambodian border]
Areas under surveillance – Samtae – Sattasom – Phanom Phisitso – Chong Ta Thao:Tags: [border areas, surveillance zones] Cambodian forces intermittently used grenade launchers and artillery. Thai forces responded with small arms and artillery fire, countering Cambodian artillery, and deployed aircraft to bomb Piyah Sabaek Hill, believed to house a Cambodian BM-21 rocket storage facility.Tags: [artillery exchange, aerial bombing, BM-21 storage, Piyah Sabaek Hill]
Areas Phamo E Daeng – Huai Tamaria:Tags: [border areas] Cambodian forces attacked with small arms, grenade launchers, artillery, bombing drones, and FPV suicide drones. Thai forces used grenade launchers and artillery to destroy targets and continued operations according to plan.Tags: [drone attacks, small arms, artillery, military tactics]
Areas Phu Makhuea – Chong Don Aw – Phlan Yao – Phlan Hin Paet Kon:Tags: [border areas] Cambodian forces attacked with grenade launchers and artillery, employing bombing drones and FPV suicide drones against Thai forces. Thai personnel remained safe.Tags: [drone assaults, artillery fire, troop safety]
Areas Takwai – vicinity of Hill 350:Tags: [Hill 350, border area] Cambodian forces attacked intermittently with grenade launchers, artillery, and BM-21 rockets. Numerous reconnaissance and FPV drones were deployed. Trucks were observed entering the area, likely resupplying Cambodian forces. Thai forces conducted proactive operations, securing key terrain. Cambodia continues to monitor and prepare to counter Thai forces. Currently, Thai troops cannot retrieve two fallen soldiers’ bodies from Hill 350 due to heavy Cambodian resistance using small arms, grenades, and landmines.Tags: [Hill 350, BM-21 rockets, drone reconnaissance, supply trucks, casualty recovery, military operations]
Area Ta Muean:Tags: [border area] Cambodian forces used light firearms and grenade launchers lightly in the area. UAVs conducted reconnaissance flights. Between 18:00 and 20:00, Thai forces deployed defensive positions and used artillery to suppress Cambodian support weapon positions opposite Ta Muean Castle.Tags: [UAV reconnaissance, artillery fire, defensive operations]
The 2nd Army Region Operations Center brought international journalists from Japan’s Nikkei, Norway’s TV2, and Al Jazeera to the Sisaket temporary shelter and border area to observe and report on the impact of Cambodian artillery and BM-21 rocket attacks on Thai territory. The indiscriminate strikes caused civilian casualties and damage to homes and farmland, severely affecting Thai residents' lives and livelihoods near the border.Tags: [international media, civilian impact, artillery attacks, border violence, humanitarian impact]
Information sourced from the 2nd Army Region’s Facebook page.Tags: [official military communication, social media]