18 June 2011 Last updated at 14:34 GMT
Local people are reported to be fleeing the area where fighting has broken out
Burma has accused ethnic Kachin rebels of starting deadly fighting that erupted near China's border this month.
Officials told state media the army had to act after the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) ignored an order to withdraw from an area near a hydropower plant.
The fighting was the heaviest since most of Burma's ethnic militia signed a ceasefire 17 years ago.
The Kachin blame the government for the clashes, which have reportedly forced 10,000 people to flee their homes.
The government's accusation in the official newspaper the New Light of Myanmar is its first comment on the conflict.
It said the only objective of the army was "to protect its members and an important hydropower project of the nation".
The Tarpein dam is being built by China to help it meet its power needs.
But the KIA are opposed to the project, saying the dam will be environmentally and socially destructive.
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