Thailand has launched airstrikes along its disputed border with Cambodia, the Thai military said on Monday, after both countries accused one another of breaching a ceasefire deal brokered by Donald Trump.

Thailand’s military said it was using aircraft to strike military targets in several areas, after a Thai soldier was killed and four others wounded in clashes along the countries’ tense border. A second Thai soldier was later declared to have died.

Both sides have blamed one another for the latest escalation, which comes more than a month after Trump oversaw the signing of a ceasefire agreement.

Cambodia’s defence ministry spokesperson Maly Socheata said Thai forces launched an attack on Cambodian troops at about 5am on Monday morning, adding that Cambodia had not retaliated.

Cambodia’s former prime minister Hun Sen, who remains hugely influential and is the father of the current leader, Hun Manet, urged his country’s forces to exercise restraint, saying Thailand was trying to “pull us into retaliation”.

“The red line for responding has already been set. I urge commanders at all levels to educate all officers and soldiers accordingly,” Hun Sen said in a Facebook post.

In July, at least 48 people were killed and 300,000 forced to flee their homes after tensions erupted into a five-day war.

On Sunday, Thailand’s military ordered the evacuation of some villages across four provinces in its border areas, with about 35,000 now registered at shelters. Thai army spokesperson Winthai Suvaree said: “Thai soldiers were attacked with supporting fire weapons, resulting in one soldier killed and four wounded”.

Winthai also said Thailand had begun “using aircraft to strike military targets in several areas” to suppress attacks by Cambodian forces.

This is a developing story…