Sinking of The Lady Kieva

Sinking of The Lady Kieva

Image of The Lady Kieva.
Native name	די לאַדי קיעוואַ
Date	March 27, 2020
Location	Off the coast of Portsmouth
Type	Ship sinking
Deaths	2,300

The Lady Kieva was a Morovan cargo ship which was sunk by the Quebecshirite Portsmouth Fleet on March 27, 2020. The incident occurred near the edges of Quebecshirite territorial waters eleven nautical miles northwest of Portsmouth. The only publicly disclosed information on the incident was presented by the Quebecshirite Administrator for National Defence Émeric Boudreaux. The report alleged that all 2,300 passengers died in the altercation and that Quebecshire was investigating the source of the ship. Boudreaux mentioned the possibility that the ship was sponsored by the Morovan government or a corporation, but these theories have not been proven. The report also stated that no mutual two-way communication was made between the Portsmouth Fleet and the Lady Kieva leading up to and during the incident.

Aftermath

Following the incident the Quebecshirite government announced and held a press report outside the Parliament of Quebecshire. The incident was highly publicized in Morova, including the broadcast of last transmission sent from Frank Ivanovna, the Captain of the Lady Kieva. Émeric Boudreaux has met with Grandmaster André Bellerose and Speaker of the Parliament Lucien LaRochelle since this. Morova also requested reparations of five-hundred million Quebecshirite Credits to distribute to the families of the victims. In an emergency session of the Parliament of Quebecshire rejected the demands for reparations and declared an intent to prepare oversight hearings in regard to the incident. Both of these decisions were announced by Lucien LaRochelle shortly after.

International Responses

• Terranihil responded to the incident by referring to it as an "unfortunate affair" and discourging escalation.

• New Gandor released a statement in which their government said that they felt the overall actions taken by Quebecshire were appropriate. New Gandor also increased a military presence in their own waters for security.

• Foxilan's President stated that Quebecshire was right in defending its coasts and critiized the Morovan response.

• Creeperopolis and Lyoa published a joint statement through CODECO in which they condemned possible Morovan aggression and asserted Quebecshire acted appropriately in the interest of security.

• Paleocacher chose to blame neither side and announced that a merchant ship had recovered some "anomalous" radio transmissions originating from the incident.