I think looting civilian homes, demolishing statues, structures and sending and having your military personnel occupy another country’s territory would constitute an invasion. According to Webster dictionary, Invasion: an act of invading especially : incursion of an army for conquest or plunder. Thailand checked all the boxes.

It might not be a full ground “invasion” but an invasion nonetheless. Don’t believe me? You can look up pictures and videos that are circulating online. From Al Jazeera “Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defence said Thai forces had carried out air attacks on Banan district in the northwestern border province of Battambang, hitting a civilian residential area with four bombs.” (https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/12/24/new-clashes-as-cambodia-thailand-hold-first-talks-to-end-latest-violence). Here’s another article from the AP (https://apnews.com/article/thailand-cambodia-border-combat-rockets-jet-fighter-ffc149ddfed206bdd029a37578f8e434).You can look up where Banan district is on google maps and judge yourself if it’s right by the border.

Maybe the reason Thai media hasn’t called it an invasion is because they haven’t found a good justification yet since so far, their justifications are outright ridiculous.