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Tensions in Eastern Ukraine have been on edge since 2013 when trouble started
in the Crimean Peninsula resulting in the Annexation of the region by Russia
in March of 2014. The Ukrainian separatists’ ambitiondid not stop there
however, and with the support of Russia the area commonly known as the DonBass
(Basin of the lower Don River) erupted into civil war through the summer of
2014. This conflict was backed by Russian Regular Army troops ‘vacationing’ in
the region, followed by an intervention by the Russian 76th Guards Air Assault
Division and other Russian forces. A cease fire put a temporary halt to the
fighting at the end of August 2014 but Russian troop movements and occupation
of the DonBass did not end. Separatists in the Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts
continued to receive material and military support from Russia through 2015
and well into 2016. President Putin of Russia calls the area Novorossiya in
reference to a 1900’s era region called ‘New Russia’ which stretches along the
Black Sea coast to the borders of Moldova and the disputed area of
Transnistria.

Moldova is a struggling democratic republic suffering from split demographics,
chronic corruption, and a political landscape torn between hard line Communist
who sympathise with Russia, and Liberal Democrats who wish to foster ties with
the West, all complicated by a significant Ukrainian population. The area of
Transnistria rests on the east side of the Dniester River bordering the
Ukraine. The population of this small area, which is evenly split between
ethnic Moldovans, Russians and Ukrainians has ignited into varies succession
movements striving either to become independent, join with the Ukraine or re-
join Russia. A cease fire was put in place in July 92 but dissent, negotiation
and discontent continue today.

Russia is nothing if not opportunistic. It sees NATO as fragmented and weak,
the US embroiled into a bitter election campaign, and the European Union in
crisis because of constitutional challenges, and the ongoing Syrian Refugee
crisis. Perhaps now is the time to make Novorossiya a reality! What better
time than when Americans are busy exercising their democratic freedom –
election day 2016.

Road to War!

5 November 2016: Tiraspol, Transnistra region, Moldova. Almost 20,000 people
are involved in a violent demonstration against the Moldovan Government in
reaction to several deadly clashes with police and army forces during the
previous 48 hours. An estimated 27 people are dead and the city is under
martial law. The EU has declared support for the Moldovan Government but
Russia has come out vehemently in support of the Ethnic Russian people of
Moldova and Transnistra and condemned the oppressive, corrupt and dictatorial
government in Chiinu.

6 November 2016: In response to movement of Russian forces in the Rostov area
and the redeployment of some of the forces Russia had stationed in Syria, the
US announces that it will deploy the ‘Ready Raptor’ Squadron (95th Fighter
Sqn, F-22s) and the newly equipped Lightning II Sqn (34 Fighter Sqn, F-35A) to
Bezmer Bulgaria, along with other precautionary moves. Moscow declares this a
provocation and increases the rhetoric. NATO vacillates but some forces are
grudgingly put on a higher state of readiness.

7 November 2016: A major skirmish in a Refugee camp in Greece has captured the
attention of Europe, several hundred are dead including at least 35 aid
workers and 3 journalists. The Greek Government is requesting an emergency
meeting of the European Parliament. Late in the day a series of explosions
shake Istanbul and Ankara coupled with a major attack by Syrian based Kurdish
rebels which crosses the Turkish border in three places and inflicts
significant damage and destruction. The Turkish Army is counter attacking.

8 November 2016 – US Election Day: The world wakes toa video of several
hundred naked men, women and children lined up facing a ditch as they are
gunned down from behind. RT news breaks the story of the ‘Massacre in Moldova’
which is instantly picked up by every new agency on the planet. Some experts
question authenticity but are quickly overruled by a ravenous parade of hard
liners demanding justice.

Russia obliges.

Features:

* Two playable sides, NATO & Russia.
* Cutting edge units: Russian T-50, Su-30, 34, & 35; SS-26, S-400, SA-20, SA-23, Improved Kilo SSK, Grigorovich class FFG; NATO, F-22, F-35, Eurofighter Typhoons, P-8, P-3 with LRMP, E-737 Wedgetail, Sentinel R.1 ASTOR, Type 45 DDG, AEGIS Ashore, Ohio SSGN, Type 214TN SSK.
* Both sides have Cruise missile loaded Strategic Bombers.
* The sides have conflicting objectives causing rapid re-planning as the situation evolves. Priorities are put in question, tactical dilemmas abound.
* Hungarian JAS-39 Fighters, Italian Tornado IDS MLU, Greek, Rumanian, Turkish and American F-16’s ranging from a basic Block 30 to the ultra modern Block 52+, and many more unique aircraft.
* Experimental RGM-109I – Multi Mission TLAM.
* A close in naval fight to the death with some of the most capable ships, submarines and aircraft in the world.
* Can NATO save the Ukraine? Can Russia save Moldova? Can any ship survive in the Black Sea in a modern war? How can NATO crack the Crimean Egg? How can Russia defeat Aegis Ashore?

Command LIVE – Don of a New Era