UN urged to take action on Myanmar's failing state and human rights violations.

Myanmar is a "failing state" and the crisis is getting worse, warns a UN special rapporteur, citing the supply of Russian weapons to the junta since the coup two years ago. The junta relies heavily on aircraft from China and Russia and has increasingly resorted to airstrikes to attempt to quell determined resistance forces. The international response to Myanmar has been inadequate, and some countries are continuing to enable the junta's atrocities, calling for an arms embargo. The number of people in need of humanitarian assistance has soared, from 1 million before the coup, to an anticipated 17.6 million in 2023.