Newly emerged battlefield footage has confirmed that Royal Thai Air Force jets carried out multiple strike runs against Cambodian military positions along the disputed border, marking the first verified use of Thai airpower in the rapidly escalating conflict.
The video, circulating widely on messaging platforms, shows fighter aircraft making repeated passes with visible explosive impacts on dug-in fortifications and supply points inside Cambodian territory.
The strikes follow weeks of intensifying cross-border artillery exchanges and represent a major escalation from what began as limited shelling incidents.
Armoured units have been observed moving toward the frontier on both sides, while civilian evacuations are accelerating in border villages.
Military analysts say the Thai airstrikes raise the prospect of Cambodian air-defence systems supplied by China entering the fight and increase the risk of a wider ground offensive.