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[Serov]

Republic of Zaporizhia

After the apparent assassination of General Aleksandr Baryatinsky, President of Zaporizhia when violent explosion rocked the presidential palace in February, a civil war has broken out in the small Black Sea nation. Although a group calling themselves the Black Hand 2000 initially claimed responsibility for the bombing, officials within Zaporizhia along with Pentagon & Kremlin sources have denied the existence of such a group. The parliament accuses the military of the crime in response for Baryatinsky’s recent military cut backs. In response Colonel Mashin, head of the Zaporizhian Defense force has accused members of parliament of the deed a head of the President’s call for hearings after reports surfaced of corruption in the nation’s state owned Oil Company.

In early June, Prime Minister Vlasov asked for the resignation of Colonel Mashin & other leading members of the ZDF to go in line with the late president’s proposed cut backs. While some members of the ZDF complied, Col. Mashin proceeded to lead troops to disband the sitting parliament. Vlasov managed to flee the capital & called for the citizens to rise up in support of the rightfully elected government. With the army dissolving around him, Mashin has asked Zaporizhians to help him sweep corruption from their country & has promised free elections as soon as the crisis has abated.

As the fighting has moved out of the capital & into the country side, both sides have had their forces bolstered by local militia men. In recent weeks, fighting has escalated along the Dnieper River as forces loyal to the ZDF try to secure this major supply route.