U.S. cuts to humanitarian aid are having a crushing impact on people in Myanmar, with violence likely to spiral, Thomas Andrews, the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar told a press briefing in Geneva on Monday.

An independent human rights expert says Myanmar’s people are already feeling the “crushing impact” from the “sudden, chaotic withdrawal” of U.S. and other humanitarian aid

U.S. cuts to humanitarian aid exacerbate the crisis in Myanmar, leading to increased violence and a looming famine. UN rapporteur Thomas Andrews highlights the plight of affected civilians, noting disrupted health services and potential mass displacement due to deteriorating conditions exacerbated by military actions and reduced aid.

The United Nations food agency says that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls.

More than a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from lifesaving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) from next month because of critical shortfalls in funding, the United Nations' food agency said on Friday.

The reduction of U.S. humanitarian aid is severely affecting Myanmar, potentially escalating violence, according to UN special rapporteur Thomas Andrews. Cuts to essential food and health programs exacerbate the dire situation as military junta airstrikes intensify.

The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of "critical funding shortfalls", it said on Friday.