OU military intervention in Ajakanistan

OU military intervention in Ajakanistan
Part of the 2021–23 Ajakanistan crisis
Clockwise from top left: The Castlederg missile strike Tashtemir following its capture by Gjorkan forces. Gandorian F-16s at the Battle of Fedritn Viktor Kavolskiy signing the Ajaki Instrument of Surrender Paleocacherian troops in a trench during the Battle of Zheleboksarsk Destroyed Ajaki convoy in Novoskach
Date 30 November 2022 – 12 March 2023 (3 months, 1 week and 5 days) Location Ajakanistan Result OU victory Surrender of Ajaki Communist Government and Armed Forces OU occupation of Ajakanistan Establishment of Constitutional Monarchy led by Vladimir V
Belligerents
Ajakanistan	OUTFA Gjorka New Gandor Paleocacher Rakhman Baltanla Free Council of Ajakanistan Non-OU military involvement: Creeperopolis Pavulturilor Cherzian rebels Supported by: Reykanes
Commanders and leaders
Avandeyev Krasimir Dmitry Yugovich Dmitry Munikov Tatyana Kuznetsova	Carter Morris Jacek Sekorsky James Fulkerson Aleksandr I Quốc Phi Nguyễn Vladimir V Aleksi Norvay Fabián Menéndez Rosales Avraham Eliezer Yuval Ben-Haimon Đorđije Pejakovski
Strength
300,000 soldiers	200,000 soldiers 260,000 soldiers 88,000 soldiers 100,000 soldiers 45,000 soldiers 78 aircraft 90,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The OU military intervention in Ajakanistan was an major military conflict in Ajakanistan that lasted for three months between 30 November 2022 and 12 March 2023. The military intervention was led by the an Ostlandet Union-led coalition known as the OU Task Force for Ajakanistan (OUTFA), which intervened against the Ajaki government in support of the Free Council of Ajakanistan. OUTFA was composed of the armed forces of Gjorka, New Gandor, and Paleocacher, and later, Baltanla. OUTFA was is further supported by military units from Creeperopolis and Pavulturilor, and from Cherzian rebels.

Tensions between the Ostlandet Union and Ajakanistan increased after the arrest of Ajaki Supreme Leader Vladimir Kareiv in October 2022 and the subsequent establishment of the Free Council of Ajakanistan, which the OU recognized as the legitimate government of Ajakanistan in November 2022. On 30 November 2022, the Ajak Army struck the Gjorkan city of Castlederg with a missile attack, killing 200 and injured over 3,000 including delegates of the Ostlandet Union and the Free Council of Ajakanistan. Immediately after the attack, the OU began a military intervention in Ajakanistan to depose the communist government and bring the Free Council of Ajakanistan to power. The intervention was fought on three primary fronts, simply known as the Southern Front, the Eastern Front, and the Northern Front.

In early-December 2022, TCN Resolution 037 attempted to establish a peacekeeping force for Ajakanistan, and the proposal was supported by the members of OUTFA, but it was vetoed by Quebecshire and Salisford. The military intervention was considered to be the largest such intervention since the CODECO military intervention in Sequoyah of 2020 to 2022.

The war concluded with the overthrow of Avandeyev Krasimir by his own cabinet and military. A ceasefire was called on 11 March 2023 to begin peace negotiations. On 12 March 2023, the Ajaki government surrendered bringing the war to an end, and beginning the OU occupation of Ajakanistan.

Background

Protests in Ajakanistan

Main articles: 2021 Ajaki protests and 2022 Ajaki protests

An anti-Kareiv protest in July 2021.

On 26 July 2021, Ajaki pro-democracy activist and politician Aleksi Norvay was poisoned on a flight from Reykanes to Ajakanistan with a Novichok nerve agent after a meeting with Reykani political leaders. He was poisoned by the Ajaki government in an assassination attempt, but Norvay survived and made a full recovery. His poisoning led to the outbreak of protests across Ajakanistan on 28 July 2021. Protestors demanded the resignation of Vladimir Kareiv, the supreme leader of Ajakanistan, the end of authoritarian rule, and the holding of free and fair democratic elections. The protests also called for an end to police violence by the Ajaki Police Force (POLAD), as police engaged in unnecessary beatings against protestors.

The Ajaki government responded to the protests by accepting some of their demands, and agreed to hold democratic elections and engage in democratic reforms with opposition leaders. The first Ajaki democratic election of the 21st century was held on 12 January 2022. The results were published on 26 January 2022, which showed that the ruling Ajaki People's Party (NPA) won a majority of seats in the national legislature. The results caused outrage in Ajakanistan, where many opposition leaders accused the Ajaki government of rigging the election through ballot stuffing.

The election resulted in renewed anti-government protests which demanded the removal of Kareiv, the holding of new elections, the end of police violence, and the establishment of a new legislature. Norvay, who was the leader of the Christian Democratic Party (KDP), stated the results were "clearly rigged" and called for Kareiv to be removed from office and "punished". In response to the protests, the Ajaki government cancelled the results of the election and instated a nation-wide ban of all political parties other than the Ajaki People's Party on 27 January 2022. In a speech, Kareiv stated that he knew that protests would erupt as a consequence of the election, and claimed that the protests were an example that democracy "doesn't work". The protests persisted until 2 April 2022.

Ajaki–Paleocacherian conflict

Main article: 2022 Ajaki–Paleocacherian conflict

On 29 January 2022, a patrol ship of the Paleocacherian Coastal Patrol (PCP) intercepted an Ajaki trawler in the Fiordland National Park as a result of a Paleocacherian government decree which called for stricter enforcement of the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Upon making contact with the trawler, its crew opened fire on the Paleocacherian ship, killing one officer in the process. Although the trawler attempted to flee, the Paleocacherians managed to board the trawler and arrest its crew, transporting them to Gardena to face criminal charges. They were charged with murder, attempted murder, weapons trafficking, illegal entry into Paleocacherian territorial waters, illegal fishing, poaching a protected species, and resisting arrest.

Rhys McEvoy, the Paleocacherian ambassador to Ajakanistan, stated that the Paleocacherian government was not willing to extradite the fishermen to Ajakanistan, but was open to trying them through the Terraconservan International Court (CIT) should Ajakanistan wish so. Gergoy Pushkin, the Ajaki ambassador to Paleocacher, demanded the immediate release of the fishermen, threatening that Ajakanistan would initiate a naval blockade of Paleocacher and escort Ajaki fishing ships inside of Paleocacher's EEZ. The Paleocacherian government rejected the Ajakis' demands, and on 12 February 2022, the Supreme Marshal Avandeyev Krasimir ordered the deployment of three destroyers, two frigates, one fuel tanker, and five fishing trawlers to Paleocacherian waters, claiming that Ajakanistan did not have to abide by the Terraconserva Council of Nations' (TCN) oceanic treaties as Ajakanistan was not a signatory.

Ajaki and Paleocacherian naval vessels engaged in a skirmish on 20 February 2022, resulting in 600 deaths and the sinking of two ships on both sides. Following the skirmish, the Paleocacherian National Assembly instituted sanctions against Ajakanistan and demanded an apology from the Ajaki government, and Paleocacherian President James Fulkerson later demanded reparations from the Ajaki government. After receiving no official response from the Ajaki government, the Paleocacherian delegation to the TCN introduced TCN Resolution 035 to condemn Ajakanistan's actions, but it was vetoed by the Quebecshirite delegation.

On 2 March 2022, Paleocacherian Trans-Oceanic Airlines Flight 266 was hijacked by Ajakis who demanded the immediate release of the fishermen, resulting in Paleocacherian soldiers organizing a hostage rescue operation at Bostonia International Airport. On 6 March 2022, the Ajaki and Paleocacherian governments agreed to enter into negotiations to defuse tensions between the two countries, and both governments signed the Zhelekabvarosk–Gardena Accord on 5 April 2022. The terms of the accord included the lifting of sanctions and the recognition of Cherzian militias as terrorist organizations by Paleocacher, and Ajakanistan agreeing to paying §22 million selkies in reparations and allowing Paleocacher to try the Ajaki fishermen and captured Ajaki seamen in Paleocacherian courts.

Prelude

Main article: 2021–23 Ajakanistan crisis

Battle of the Romanyan Sea

Main article: Battle of the Romanyan Sea

On 10 October 2022, Oz Yehuda, a Pavulturilori communist exile in Ajakanistan, survived an assassination attempt in Zheleboksarsk, which was believed to have been carried out by Pavulturilori intelligence forces. For unknown reasons following the assassination attempt, members of Kareiv's cabinet were purged, including Leonid Luboshov, the Director of the Ajaki National Intelligence Agency (NRUA). Additionally, shortly after the assassination attempt, the Ajak Navy mobilized three ships to 300 miles south of Pavulturilor, when, on 16 October 2022, the three Ajaki ships were intercepted by 19 ships of the Pavulturilori Navy. In the ensuing battle between the Ajaki and Pavulturilori navies, all three Ajaki ships and six Pavulturilori ships were sunk. The battle was met with a response from the Cooperation and Development Coalition (CODECO), of which Pavulturilor was a member, in which Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez, the Minister of Defense of Creeperopolis, called for the death of Kareiv and that Ajakanistan "has already invoked war, and war is what they face".

On 20 October 2022, the TCN delegations of Ajakanistan, Jackson, and Terranihil presented TCN Resolution 036, Condemnation of the State of Pavulturilor, to the TCN Security Council, which accused Pavulturilor of being the aggressor of the Battle of the Romanyan Sea, describing it as an "unprovoked attack". The resolution was vetoed by Paleocacher and Salisford, however, and it failed to pass.

Arrest of Vladimir Kareiv

Following the veto of TCN Resolution 036, the Pavulturilori government filed a letter of invocation to the Terraconservan International Court accusing Ajakanistan of attempting to violate its sovereign territory, attempting to support supposed war criminals, and putting civilians at "deliberate" risk. The Pavulturilori government requested a criminal trial against the Ajaki government, and against Kareiv in particular.

Vladimir Kareiv was arrested in Paleocacher on 24 October 2022.

The court responded, stating that it found "sufficient cause to warrant opening an investigation into the allegations that the government of Ajakanistan conspired with terrorists committing violence in Pavuturilor". It granted the letter of invocation and ordered that the Ajaki government to surrender Kareiv, Mikhail Ryzhikov, the commander of the Ajak Navy, and "other officials responsible" to the court's custody for an investigative preliminary. It also ordered the Ajaki and Pavu governments to present evidence to the court's prosecutors by the end of November. The Ajaki government refused to surrender anyone to the court, and in a speech in Dariji, Kareiv called for war against imperialism.

On 24 October 2022, the Ostlandet Union (OU) held an emergency meeting in Killarney, Paleocacher, to discuss what actions should be taken in response to the Battle of the Romanyan Sea. By a vote of nine in favor, two abstentions, and two against, the Council of Ostlandet voted to condemn Ajakanistan and impose sanctions against the country. It held Ajakanistan responsible for all the casualties of the battle, and demanded "better" from the Ajaki government. Kareiv himself was in attendance of the meeting, and condemned the council's decision, claiming that Pavulturilor sent a spy to Ajakanistan and that Ajakanistan responded justly to the perceived threat. He also condemned Zloveshchiy for abstaining and for signing a non-aggression pact with Gjorka, accusing them of betraying their "communistic brother" and for siding with CODECO, upon which he proceeded to throw a bottle of vodka at Alexei Volkov, the supreme president of Zloveshchiy.

As Kareiv was leaving the Council of Ostlandet meeting room, he, along with Sergei Volodin, a representative of Ajakanistan to the Council of Ostlandet, was apprehended by members of the Paleocacherian National Guard and arrested. They were carrying out the Terraconservan International Court's arrest warrant, and the arrest led to many international reactions ranging from praise to condemnation. Krasimir condemned Kareiv's arrest and declared the establishment of a provisional military government to "secure national stability", with him as its leader.

Mobilization of OU militaries

The day of Kareiv's arrest, the Kongres of New Gandor voted to close the Ajakanistan–New Gandor border and ban all travel to Ajakanistan. The following day, Gandorian President Jacek Sekorsky announced the mobilization of 80,000 soldiers to the border with Ajakanistan in the case of a potential war against Ajakanistan. Following the Gandorian announcement, Gjorkan President Carter Morris announced the mobilization of 50,000 reservist soldiers and placed a further 100,000 on "high alert". She also announced the closing of the Ajakanistan–Gjorka border and banned all travel to Ajakanistan.

Formation of the Free Council of Ajakanistan

In response to the military takeover of the government, on 25 October 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ajakis began protests and riots against the Ajaki military government. Police officers were attacked in Borres, Erenikzburg, Toboshi, and Vladimirgrad, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries. Vehicles were destroyed and roads were blocked by protestors and rioters.

On 13 November 2022, delegations from Gjorka, New Gandor, and Paleocacher, which included all three of their presidents, met in Cámarillo, San Carlos Islands, Creeperopolis for a summit with the Creeperian government and the exiled Ajaki royal family, led by pretender Vladimir Vasiliev, to discuss the events unfolding in Ajakanistan. After the summit, the delegations and the royal family, including Vasiliev, returned to New Gandor. Vasiliev met with Norvay in Gardena on 17 November 2022 where they signed the Gardena Agreement to proclaim the establishment of the Free Council of Ajakanistan, the claimed government of Ajakanistan in exile. The Council of Ostlandet voted to recognize the Free Council of Ajakanistan as the legitimate government of Ajakanistan on 29 November 2022, and recognized Vasiliev as Tsar Vladimir V.

Castlederg missile strike

Main article: Castlederg missile strike

The Castlederg missile strike.

On 30 November 2022, the delegates from the Free Council of Ajakanistan and the Ostlandet Union met in Castlederg, Gjorka. There, the day prior, the Ostlandet Union announced that any Ajaki government officials who surrendered themselves in Castlederg and recognized the Free Council of Ajakanistan would be granted amnesty from crimes committed under the communist government. Among the Ajaki politicians who surrendered themselves at Castlederg was Zolin Stepanovich, the Minister of Internal Affairs. At 6:53 a.m. that day, air raid sirens sounded in Gjorka after it was reported that the Ajak Army launched three missiles towards Castlederg. The missiles struck the border crossing, a Gjorkan Army command operations center, and the town itself. The attack killed over 200 people and injured more than 3,000.

The missile strike caused outrage in the international community, with many nations condemning the attack. In response to the attack, the Gandorian government invoked the Mutual Defense of Democracy Treaty between it and Gjorka, stating that Gjorka was attacked by an aggressor and that New Gandor was obliged to come to Gjorka's support.

Order of battle

Intervention forces

OUTFA

• Gjorka
  • Gjorkan National Armed Forces – Chief Defense Officer Cole Powers
    • Gjorkan Ground Forces – Supreme Marshal Odhrán Doolan
      • Roscommon Army – General Ross Kerrisk
      • Capital Army – General Senan Kennedy
      • Central Army – General Louis Mountbatten
      • Southwest Army – General Will Lennon
      • Southeast Army – General Cora Rogers
    • Gjorkan Naval Forces – Supreme Admiral Theo Maguire
      • Southern Fleet – Admiral Lance Trevan
    • Gjorkan Aerial Forces – Supreme Air Marshal Darragh Gilmore
      • Roscommon Air Forces – Aerial General Killian Carney
      • Northern Air Forces – Aerial General Oisín Woulfe
      • Southern Air Forces – Aerial General Amber Miley
    • Gjorkan Special Forces – Commander Frankie O'Hannon
      • Paratrooper Brigade – Brigadier General Aaron O'Cannon
      • Maritime Assault Brigade – Brigadier General Rosie Moore

• New Gandor
  • New Gandorian Armed Forces – General Tadeus Kolivsky
    • New Gandorian Army – Field Marshal Tobias Strojny
      • 1st Army Corps West – Lieutenant General Władysław Wojton
      • 2nd Army Corps Central – Lieutenant General Karolina Śmietana
      • 3rd Army Corps Central – Lieutenant General Fryderyk Błaszczyk
      • 4th Army Corps East – Lieutenant General Łukasz Witulski
      • 5th Army Corps Reserve – Lieutenant General Mariusz Lewkowicz
    • New Gandorian Navy – Admiral Jackson Nowak
      • Anterpryza Naval Strike Group – Vice Admiral Wisława Antkowia
      • 2nd Marine Division – Vice Admiral Kondrad Danek
    • New Gandorian Air Force – Major General Wacław Ryll
      • 3rd Fighter Wing – Brigadier General Rafał Pac
      • 2nd Bomber Group – Colonel Michał Roszel

• Paleocacher
  • Paleocacherian Armed Forces
    • Paleocacherian Army – Lieutenant General Nelson Giles
      • 2nd Expeditionary Corps – Lieutenant General Sean McCann
        • 6th Mechanized Division – Major General Alex Churchill
        • 2nd Infantry Division – Major General Douglas Wimberley
        • 4th Armored Division – Major General Jennie Lee
        • Mechanized Response Force – Major General Alexander Moray
      • Sparrow Division – Brigadier Leander Jameson
    • Paleocacherian Navy – Admiral Albert Chegwidden
      • Kivu Ocean Fleet – Vice Admiral Harvey Knox
        • Cirein-Croin Task Group – Rear Admiral John Jones
      • Paleocacherian Marine Commandoes – Major General Alexander Wright
        • 2nd Marine Commando Brigade – Brigadier Nelson Aubrey
        • 1st Marine Expeditionary Regiment – Colonel Èibhlin Càidh
    • Paleocacherian Air Force – Major General Paddy Finucane
      • Paleocacherian Expeditionary Air Force
        • 23rd Augmented Strike Wing – Colonel Raghnall GilleChrìost
        • 10th Air Superiority Command – Brigadier Reuben Linehan
        • 4th Strategic Transport Command – Brigadier Callie O'Leary

• Rakhman
  • Rakhmani Armed Forces – Chief of Defense Viktor Konev
    • Rakhmani Army – Army General Artur Levkin
      • Rakhmani Foreign Army – Lieutenant General Sergei Medvedev
    • Rakhmani Navy – Admiral Maksim Kedrov
      • Southern Ocean Fleet – Vice Admiral Igor Borkin
      • Rakhmani Marine Commandoes – Major General Oleg Kazarov
    • Rakhman Air Force – Major General Ivan Deripaska

• Baltanla
  • Baltanese Armed Forces
    • Baltanese Army

Non-OU

• Creeperopolis
  • Creeperian Armed Forces – Supreme Caudillo Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez
    • Creeperian Air Force – Chief General Gustavo Leigh Guzmán
      • 25th Air Force Wing – General Antonio Somoza Trujillo
        • White and Gold Eagle Legion – Lieutenant General Fabián Menéndez Rosales

• Pavulturilor
  • National Armed Forces of Pavulturilor – Director Moshe Leon
    • Pavulturilori Army – Supreme Marshal Meir Cohen
      • 1st Volunteer Corp - General Avraham Eliezer
        • 9th Airborne Infantry Division – Major General Uriel Eyyal
        • 43rd Mechanized Division – Major General Amit Levi
        • 44rd Mechanized Division – Major General Menakhem Avshalomi
        • 45rd Mechanized Division – Major General Uri Sharon
        • 46rd Mechanized Division – Major General Gal Khozek
        • 47rd Mechanized Division – Major General Or Shlomi
    • Pavulturilori Air Force - Air Marshal Amit Yosef
      • Air Task Force 244 - Lieutenant General Yuval Ben-Haimon

Ajakanistan

• Ajakanistan
  • Ajak Armed Forces – Supreme Marshal Avandeyev Krasimir
    • Ajaki Ground Forces – Supreme Army General Tikhneko Alexeivich
      • Zheleboksarsk Army – Colonel General Sergey Vlasov
      • Rysenbourg Army – Colonel General Ivan Korshev
      • Balakhia Army – Colonel General Alexander Petrov
      • Karai Army – Colonel General Denis Rotkov
      • Vesk Army – Colonel General Viktor Zolyeyev
      • Sibirsk Army – Lieutenant General Yeltsin Irvanivich
      • Lohansk Army – Colonel General Roman Simonov
    • Ajaki Navy – Supreme Admiral Filip Fedin
      • Ajaki Southern Ocean Fleet – Admiral Mikhail Ryzhikov
      • Ilyov Ocean Fleet – Admiral Aleksi Morizov
    • Ajaki Air Force – Supreme Army General Boris Medeliev
    • Strategic Security Force – Lieutenant General Tatyana Kuznetsova
      • Special Aerial Brigade – Major General Oleg Mordvichev
      • Special Defense Brigade – Lieutenant General Yevhen Kravchuk
      • Special Terrain Brigade – Major General Kaliev Petrov
      • Spetsnaz – Lieutenant General Kirill Essen
    • Strategic Rocket Forces – Colonel General Viktor Fillipvich
      • Slavnastena Rocket Artillery Base – Colonel Boris Pavin

Intervention

Southern front

"Citizens of Cherzia take up arms against the government that so oppresses you. New Gandor stands with you and will aid you. For the Republic of Cherzia and for the Greater Republic of New Gandor!"

Gandorian Air Force, 30 December 2022

Immediately after invoking the Mutual Defense of Democracy Treaty, three corps of the Gandorian Army, composing of 160,000 soldiers, invaded southern Ajakanistan with the primary objectives of capturing the Ajaki states of Cherzia, Khalsk, Krovshny, and Valkaria. Additionally, the Gandorian Navy began shelling coastal military targets and blockaded the southern Ajaki coast. The Gandorian Air Force dropped pamphlets in Cherzia in the Cherzian, Gandorian, and Slavic languages calling for Cherzians to rise up against the Ajaki government and support the Gandorian forces. Sekorsky also called for an additional 100,000 active soldiers to move to the Ajakanistan–New Gandor border and an additional 100,000 reserve soldiers to be raised.

Along with the Gandorian soldiers, a unit of volunteer 30,000 soldiers from Pavulturilor—the 1st Volunteer Corp—joined the Gandorian invasion. The Pavulturilori forces, commanded by Major Generals Amit Levi and Uriel Eyyal, were given autonomy from the Gandorian chain of command to peruse their own military objectives. On the second day of the invasion, the 43rd Mechanized Division captured an unnamed military base in Krovshny.

By 2 December 2022, Gandorian forces captured all of Cherzia with the support of Cherzian rebels, reporting "low casualties". The 1st Corps established a defensive perimeter around its captured territories in case of an Ajaki counterattack. In Khalsk, the 2nd Corps was expected to capture the state "by Tuesday evening", while in Krovshny and Valkaria, the 3rd Corps, 4th Corps, and 1st Volunteer Corps were struggling to gain much territory due to "fierce resistance". Fedritn, the capital city of Krovshny, fell to Gandorian and Pavulturilori forces by that evening.

On 3 December 2022, Alexi Sherman, the Secretary of Defense of New Gandor, called for Creeperian aerial support in the military intervention, invoking the Treaty of Anti-Communism, of which both Creeperopolis and New Gandor were signatories. Later that day, Gustavo Leigh Guzmán, the Chief General of the Creeperian Air Force (FUAC), announced that Creeperopolis would accept New Gandor's call, stating that Creeperopolis would gladly support OUTFA against the "illegitimate communist government which currently enslaves the Ajaki population". He announced the formation of the White and Gold Eagle Legion, composed of 78 aircraft of the 25th Air Force Wing, and that it would be based out of the Fort Handel Air Base. Under the command of Lieutenant General Fabián Menéndez Rosales, the legion carried out its first strategic bombing campaign, Operation Wesa, on 5 December 2022, targeting the Vasaliev Army Base and the Kholodnograd Naval Base.

On the 13th of December, the Reykani Volunteer Red Cross Battalion was deployed on the southern front with the Gandorian and Pavulturilori forces.The decision was made due to the invoking of the Treaty of Anti-Communism, which, Reykanes was apart of. Reykanes also sent medical aid Ajakanistan. The Battalion commanded by Petter Funason were tasked to provide assistance to volunteer units, the official armed forces and civilians. The Battalion was positioned on the battlefield along with the military. They were also tasked with setting up multiple frontline hospitals around the warzone to assist everyone and have free range of movement. By the end of the war, the battalion saved over 300 lives.

Eastern front

The Gjorkan military began the invasion of Ajakanistan under codename Operation Red Dawn on 30 November 2022, with primary objectives to capture the cities of Drev, Erenikzburg, Tashtemir, Valkho, and Vladimirgrad. The initial army invasion was preceded by paratrooper deployments which captured some small towns and villages. The Gjorkan Aerial Forces launched bombing campaigns in eastern Ajakanistan to support the ground invasion, primarily targeting Ajaki air bases and anti-air defenses, with army bases and infrastructure being secondary targets.

By 4 December 2022, Gjorkan forces captured the city of Valkho, followed by the capture of Kholshoy and Erenikzburg on 6 December and 7 December, respectively. On 12 December 2022, Gjorkan forces captured Tashtemir.

On 3 December 2022, the 1st Paratrooper Regiment landed in the city of Slavnastena. They were reinforced by units from the 2nd Central Division led by Major General Amelia MacGovern on 4 December. By 5 December, Gjorkan forces had encircled the city by a two pronged attack from the 2nd Central Division and the 3rd Roscommon Division led by Major General Ted Donohoe. Gjorkan forces in Slavnastena encountered fiercer resistance than what was faced in similar battles throughout the operation. The 2nd Central Division captured the suburbs of the city on 12 December, however significant advances on the city proper incurred fierce fighting. The Ajaki forces employed tactics of urban guerrilla warfare, leaving Gjorkan aerial and heavy armor reinforcements mostly ineffective. Advance within the city was particularly slow due to intense house-to-house clearing needed, as Ajaki forces left tripwire traps and other ambush devices within houses. Morale of Gjorkan soldiers fighting within Slavnastena was extremely low with casualty numbers the highest faced anywhere by Gjorkan forces. By March 2023, Gjorkan forces had still failed to capture the city, with Ajaki forces holding out in the downtown city proper. This lack of success led to the resignation of Major General Ted Donohoe on March 1, which halted any remaining Gjorkan advances. Ajaki forces within the city would not surrender until 12 March 2023, with the surrender of all Ajaki forces.

By January 2023, the Gjorkan advance had begun to slow. Gjorkan units entered the cities of Lugay on 27 December and Drev on 5 January. Fighting in these cities continued throughout the month of January, with Gjorkan progress being significantly slower than in previous battles. In Drev, Gjorkan forces took three weeks to cross the city's river due to fierce Ajaki resistance. The city eventually fell to Gjorkan forces on 15 February, over a month after the Battle began. Fighting in Lugay continued until February 21, nearly two months after the battle began. This slow progress led to increasing unrest on the home front over Gjorka's involvement in the war. Mounting pressure from both this unrest and failure to achieve significant advances, caused more drastic measures to be implemented by Gjorkan high command. This includes the controversial resignation of Major General Ted Donohoe, one of the Generals in charge of the Siege of Slavnastena, and the implementation of Operation Red Rust, an operation intended to de-moralize the Ajaki people.

Northern front

Paleocacherian forces stationed in Estcharia invaded south into northern Ajakanistan on 30 November 2022, with the primary objectives of capturing Agdili, Ibis, Toboshi, and Zheleboksarsk, the capital city of Ajakanistan. Artillery fire and aerial bombardment by the Paleocacherian Air Force preceded the invasion to weaken defenses. Paleocacherian forces began attacking Zheleboksarsk on 3 December 2022, and the city's embassy row was was captured on 5 December 2022.

On 3 December 2022, Quốc Phi Nguyễn, the President of Baltanla, announced that the Baltanian Army would deploy 45,000 soldiers to assist the Paleocacherian forces in Ajakanistan.

Surrender of Ajaki forces

Viktor Kavolskiy signing the Ajaki Instrument of Surrender.

As the war progressed, and an OUTFA victory became inevitable, the three heads of state of OUTFA met in Gardena. The summit saw the three heads of state establish a post-war framework for Ajakanistan including establishing a post-war tribunal to try Ajaki leadership, drawing post-war occupation zones, and declaring OUTFA will accept no other outcome then unconditional surrender of Ajaki forces.

By 10 March 2023, the situation continued to deteriorate for Ajaki forces as Gandorian forces announced the capture of Novoskach. The same day, members of the Ajaki cabinet and Ajaki military who opposed Krasimir and continuing the war formed the New Socialist Vanguard of Ajakanistan. The New Socialist Vanguard ousted Krasimir from power in a coup d'état, declared minister of foreign affairs Viktor Kavolskiy to be the new Supreme Leader, and immediately petitioned for a ceasefire with OUTFA forces to negotiate a peace treaty. This ceasefire was later accepted by OUTFA forces the next day, and the two sides met in Kholodnograd.

On 12 March 2023, Viktor Kavolskiy, acting on behalf of the Ajaki government and armed forces, capitulated unconditionally to the OUTFA. All members of the Ajaki military were ordered to stand down and surrender to the nearest OU forces. Additionally it required the Ajaki government to release "any and all prisoners of war" held within 72 hours.

Aftermath

OU Occupation of Ajakanistan

Main article: Ostlandet Union occupation of Ajakanistan

Novoskach Trials

Main article: Novoskach Trials

As part of the OU's decommunization policy within occupied Ajakanistan was the Novoskach Trials, a series of high profile trials for high ranking members of Ajaki leadership. The trials saw thirteen defendants (Vladimir Kareiv, Avandeyev Krasimir, Dmitry Yugovich, Dmitry Munikov, Osip Sorokin, Alyosha Lebeyev, Ruslan Morankhthy, Anton Malikov and Commanders of the 66th Rocket Artillery Brigade) tried for crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes against the Ajaki people, and terrorism.

The trials were highly controversial with many arguing the court was too harsh and too lenient for the Ajaki leadership. In the end: six defendants, Krasimir and the Commanders of the 66th Rocket Artillery Brigade, were sentenced to death, five were sentenced to 30 years imprisonment, Yugovich, Sorokin, Lebeyev, Morankhthy, and Malikov, Munikov was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and Kariev was found non guilty by reason of insanity.

All the defendants were sent to serve out their punishments (or care in the case of Kariev) in the victorious OU powers.

International responses

TCN Resolution 037

Main article: TCN Resolution 037

On 1 December 2022, one day after the military intervention began, the Terraconserva Council of Nations (TCN) met in Bostonia, Quebecshire, to vote on TCN Resolution 037—Creation and Deployment of an International Peacekeeping Force to the Communist States of Ajakanistan—which was proposed by the TCN delegations of Eleutherios and Jackson. The resolution called for the formation of an international peacekeeping force and the sending of humanitarian aid to Ajakanistan, however, the resolution was vetoed by the Quebecshirite and Salisfordian delegations. The final vote count was 16 in favor, 3 abstentions, 10 against (including 2 vetos), and 8 not present.

Position		Votes	Delegations
	For	16 / 37
	Abstain	3 / 37
	Against	10 / 37
	No vote	8 / 37

International reactions

Government reactions

• Akvarelusus: Alexej Hodný, the Minister of External Affairs of Akvarelusus, stated that the Akvarelian government hoped that the OU military intervention would "cleanse" Ajakanistan from communism, and stated that the Akvarelian government would send humanitarian aid to Ajakanistan.
• Creeperopolis: Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez, the Minister of Defense of Creeperopolis, praised the military intervention of Gjorka, New Gandor, and Paleocacher, which he described as "patriotic". He stated that he hoped that the tsar would be fully restored to his "full glory", and compared Ajakanistan's situation to that of Morova in 2019 and 2020. He also stated that Creeperopolis would assist the military intervention if the Treaty of Anti-Communism (TAC) was invoked by New Gandor.
  • San Carlos Islands: Sergio Tejón Galdámez, the Captain General of the San Carlos Islands, stated that he was "pleased" that the intervention was occurring, and he stated that he believed the Ajaki government was "on the way out". He condemned the Ajaki leaders, describing them as "cowardly" and that they would soon face "harsh justice" either through court or through death.
• Dragonia: In a statement, the government of Dragonia condemned the attack and sent condolences to the victims of the attack.
• Eleutherios: Stavros II, the Federal Chancellor of Eleutherios, expressed his "shock" and "horror" at the "unprovoked" Ajaki missile attack, and stated his support for the Ostlandet Union's military intervention. He stated that he hopes both sides "respect civilian life" and "watch closely for any violations of human rights".
• El Salvador: Orlando Pareja Palau, the President of El Salvador, praised the military intervention, stating that "time has come for the destruction of communism" in Ajakanistan. He praised the restoration of the tsar, and stated that the military intervention would "serve as a message to all would be communists around the world: Communism will always fail".
• Jackson: In a statement, the Department of Defense of Jackson expressed its neutrality in the unfolding conflict, stating that it allies on both sides. The following day, the Department of Defense stated that it would send delegations to both sides of the conflict to make the "most informed decision" in regard to the conflict.
• Kivu: Alexandra Berkhoff, the Prime Minister of Kivu, condemned the Ajaki missile attack and sent condolences to the families of the victims.
• Pavulturilor: Yair Lev, the Director of Foreign Affairs of Pavulturilor, condemned the missile strike from the "illegitimate communist regime of Ajakanistan" and stated that Pavulturilor sent two volunteer divisions to Ostlandet to support the OUTFA in is military intervention in Ajakanistan. He stated that they will help "pacify" Ajakanistan, and offered condolences to the families of the victims of the attack.

Non-government reactions

• Front for the Liberation of Khoroshiya: Viktor Shulha, the leader of the Front for the Liberation of Khoroshiya (FVK) condemned the military intervention and denounced Gjorka's involvement. It declared that it would continue to fight for the independence of the Khoroshiyan people "until we win".
• Kapahu Alana Revolutionary Movement: Kahili Aolani, the leader of the Kapahu Alana Revolutionary Movement (MRKA) condemned the "illegal invasion" of Ajakanistan by OUTFA, and demanded the immediate cessation of the intervention. Aolani threatened to commit another terrorist attack which would be worse than the attack on the MV Bacchante from August 2022 to show the MRKA's commitment and dedication to the Ajaki government. He added, "the MRKA fights for the liberation of the islands from illegal Creeperian rule, as should the Ajakis fight to preserve Ajakanistan and prevent illegal foreign rule".
• Militarist Front for National Liberation: Cayetá Carriéra e Ceréna, the leader of the Militarist Front for National Liberation (FMLN), condemned the OU-led military intervention in Ajakanistan, stating that it was "illegal" and "unjustified". He added that the FMLN fully supports Ajakanistan, the Ajaki people, and the Ajaki People's Party in their resistance against the "wanna-be crusaders who are invading the bastion of global communism". He condemned the Creeperian response to the intervention, and threatened to engage in military offensives against the Creeperian government in Castilliano, Sonsonate, and San Pablo.

Anti-intervention protests

Main article: Protests against the OU military intervention in Ajakanistan

See also

Creeperopolis portal Gjorka portal Terraconserva portal

• 2019–2020 Morovan crisis
• CODECO military intervention in Sequoyah

External links

Media related to the OU military intervention in Ajakanistan at LCN Wiki