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Soviet People's Information Agency News Update -

General Secretary Alexander Miroslav confirmed before the Supreme Soviet of the SSRH that the HAF had undertaken a military invasion of Slovakia, Ukraine and Moldova.

Speaking before the stunned members of the SSRHs central authority, with deputies from the Council of Ministers present, Comrade Miroslav stressed the importance of pacifiying Hrstrovokia's northern neighbours and preventing the intervention of aggressive imperialist forces, which have already swamped Turkey and Cyprus.

Marshall Gussev commands Army Group A, which contains two shock armies. From his operating base in Galati, Rumanian District, Gussev will strike forth in a furious drive for the Black Sea port of Odessa and the railheads and airport that are located in the city.

Army Group A 1st Shock Army

The 17th Bulgarian Infantry Division [20,000 troops]
The 3rd Hungarian Infantry Division [20,000 troops]
The 2nd Guardians of the Revolution Infantry Division [20,000 troops]
The 87th Jugoslav Armoured Division [1,135 T-80s, 12,350 crew]
The 30th Jugoslav Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division [480 Tunguska-M1s, 720 Zsu-23-4s, 4,560 crew]
The 14th Albanian Field & Rocket Artillery Division [480 2S19s, 720 SA-13s, 100 BM-21s, 5,570 crew]
The 98th Motorized Rifle's Division [900 BMP-3s, 2,700 crew, 6,300 troops] The 1st Jugoslav Army Aviation Division [360 Mi-24s, 400 Mi-8s, 200 Mi-26s, 5,760 crew]

The 2nd Shock Army will strike from Iasi in the Rumanian District for the Moldovan capitol of Chisnau.

Army Group A 2nd Shock Army

The 22nd Jugoslav Infantry Division [20,000 troops]
The 40th Jugoslav Armoured Division [1,135 T-64s, 12,350 crew]
The 8th Hungarian Field & Rocket Artillery Division [480 2S19s, 720 SA-13s, 100 BM-21s, 5,700 crew]

Marshall Curcic commands the Army Group B with his operating base in Suceava, Rumanian District. Army Group B is smaller than A, but is intrusted with the task of taking the city of L'viv in the Ukraine. Comrade Curcic has at his disposal divisions of the Crimson Guard Special Forces.

The 2nd Crimson Guard Special Forces Division [20,000 troops]
The 35th Jugoslav Infantry Division [20,000 troops]
The 11th Jugoslav Motorised Rifle's Division [900 BMP-3s, 2,700 crew, 6,300 troops]
The 130th Bulgarian Armoured Division [1,135 T-64s, 12,350 crew]
The 21st Albanian Field & Rocket Artillery Division [480 2S19s, 720 SA-13s, 100 BM-21s, 5,700 crew]

Army Group C is commanded by Marshall Titov. Comrade Titov has been assigned the mission of suppressing resistance in Slovakia and then moving into the Czech state, but has not been ordered to begin operations yet.

Comrade Miroslav called on the peoples of Slovakia, Moldova and the Ukraine to embrace their slavic brethern with open arms and begin the building of a new socialist empire in the east. Miroslav also demanded that the rest of the nations on Earth recognise Hrstrovokian rule in Slovakia, Moldova and the Ukraine until these states have held their own elections and are free from capitalist tyranny.

The socialist vanguard of T-80s rolled along the road to Bolhrad, just inside the Ukraine, with BMP-3s and 2S19s keeping pace with the deadly pack of tanks. Resistance had been encountered by a HAF An-72 dropping leaflets in the Ukrainian language, urging peace and co-operation between the Hrstrovokian soldiers and the people. It wouldnt be so. Hours into the mission over Odessa, the crew reported being attacked and both of the Lotarev D-36 turbofans of the airplane had been hit by AA fire, exploding in a fireball and smashing to the ground, plummeting like a rock.

Just as the first elements of General Gussev's 1st Shock Army had entered the suburbs of Bolhrad, mortar fire rained down with lethal accuracy from nowhere, killing anyone caught in the open. Troops retaliated by ordering in Close-Air Support from Su-25s, which turned the residential districts of the city into a dead-zone of intense fires raging out of control, smoke plums rising high over the besieged city.

2S19s and BM-21s bombarded the area again before movement was resumed. Cavalry Mi-24s assisted Infantry in flushing out resistance. LPO-50 Flamethrowers were employed, and soldiers were involved in fierce street fighting with local fighters. T-80s pounded houses and factories with impunity after the initial shock of resistance. The resistance to the invasion is not expected to be a nationwide occurance.

The death toll from the Bolhrad incident is about 1,300 Hrstrovokian soldiers and 12,350 Ukrainians. General Secretary Miroslav lamented the large loss of life, but remarked that opposition was bound to be encountered, but shouldnt prevent the eventual coming together of the Ukrainian and Hrstrovokian peoples in their struggle to create the perfect socialist paradise.

It had taken only two days to occupy Moldova, a small, landlocked state sandwiched between Rumania and the Ukraine. The 40th Armoured Division had arrived early on Thursday, encircling the capitol city and cutting off transportation and communications. Such vital necessities as power, water and food supplies were left to enter Chisnau unmolested.

As the 22nd Infantry Division cautiously entered Chisnau, they were welcomed by the locals, who declared the city open and it appears fully support the Hrstrovokia mission to restore peace and stability in the troubled country. There was light resistance encountered from former soldiers of the Imperium, but was not properly organized to make a serious threat.

General Secretary Alexander Miroslav is expected to fly to the city tomorrow to inspect troops and greet the citizens of the first state to come under Hrstrovokia protection.

Meanwhile, resistance to our efforts in the Ukraine has been encountered again in the city of Tartarbunary, where fighters launched a series of attacks against the lead elements of the 87th Armoured Division. Several tanks were lost in bitter fighting in the city centre before Su-25s and Tu-160s neutralised the opponents. Movement resumed thereafter and continued onwards to Odessa.

Due to the unfortunate commencement of hostilities between the SSRH & Grays Hill, the UHAFSK [Unified Hrstrovokian Armed Forces Supreme Kommand] has decided to step up it's programme of consolidating peace & stability in the Ukraine, Slovakia & Moldova.

As of now, Moldova has been occupied by the SSRH. There are some 100,000 troops stationed throughout the state. They will safeguard the right of the people to self-determination and freedom against the imperialist forces which are massing across Europe and Asia. The formation of a provisional government is expected to a matter of days away, which will have a mandate to initiate reforms and hold elections in 4 months time.

UHAF units are still operating in Slovakia, where Crimson Guard & Airborne troops are being dropped on the outskirts of Bratislava, the capitol, in a bid to capture the airport and open the city to reinforcements. The state is expected to be under our control within another 48 hours as hundreds of fresh UHAF BattleGroups pour across the border.

General Secretary Alexander Miroslav,
Soviet Socialist Republic of Hrstrovokia