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Rettoan forces began a "concerted effort" to take [[Senell International Airport]] in the first day of the assault on Osmino. Around 5:05 in the morning amid wider rocket attacks on the capital, Rettoan forces began to establish positions in tower blocks overlooking the airport, including a medical station, staging area, and an artillery observation post. At 06:15, Rettoan forces began to barrage the airport with Grad rocket fire, using their positions in neighboring residential buildings to direct artillery fire at the airport. | |||
[[File:Ruins_of_Donetsk_International_Airport_with_Russian_flag_on_top.jpg|thumb|left|The ruins of [[Senell International Airport]] with a Rettoan flag on top, October 21st]] | |||
A formation of 20 to 34 Rettoan helicopters launched the operation to secure Senell Airport to create an airbridge in which troops and equipment could muster less than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Osmino. To cover their attack on the airport, the Rettoan military jammed Kandsonian radars and suppressing local air defense sites. Flying low, the Rettoan helicopters made their approach from the [[Sarits River]] and were immediately attacked by Kandsonian small arms fire and MANPADS. The Rettoan helicopters countered by deploying flares. Several were hit, with at least two helicopters being shot down and several more aborting their landings. | |||
As the Rettoan paratroopers landed in growing numbers and fanned out, [[Brotherhood of Kolkesburg]] units arrived in armored trucks and disembarked closer to the main terminal supported by three Rettoan tanks, and the Kandsonian defending garrison was forced to retreat as they started to run out of ammunition. At one point during the fighting, a helicopter was shot down and crashed into the main terminal, erupting a massive fire that engulfed most of the Arrivals building. The initial clashed had lasted about an hour; the paratroopers had suffered significant losses, while the Brotherhood militia also suffered high casualties but were able to push Kandsonian fighters out of the terminal. The Rettoan forces were thus able to secure the airport. | |||
Attempts by Kandsonian forces to take the airport back in the following day were thwarted numerous times as Rettoa and its allies began encircling the city and thus the counter attackers. | |||
==EUEEN and Zamastanian intervention== | ==EUEEN and Zamastanian intervention== | ||
==Counter-attacks== | ==Counter-attacks== | ||
Revision as of 19:39, 4 November 2024
| Battle of Osmino | |||||
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| Part of Roca War | |||||
 Destroyed Rettoan tanks following the retreat of their forces from Osmino | |||||
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Support:  Zamastan |
 Stasso | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
 Jonathan Catalá Sumy Alvade Ander García Alenn Leisa Perie Jefferson |
 Ivan Tonovich Aleix Montilla Yulia Senena Germain Nicoldanov Afanasyev Georgiy | ||||
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| 18,750 civilians killed | |||||
The Battle of Osmino was part of the Osmino offensive in the Rettoan-led invasion of Kandson for control of Osmino, the capital city of North Kandson, and surrounding districts including Senell International Airport and Cain Air Base. The combatants were elements of the Rettoan Armed Forces supported by Saterocean forces and the Brotherhood of Kolkesburg, with the city defended by the North Kandson Armed Forces supported by the EUEEN and Zamastanian Air Force. The battle lasted from 13 October to 4 November 2024 and ended with the withdrawal of Rettoa and its partnered forces.
Initially, Rettoan forces captured key areas to the north and east of Osmino, leading to international prediction of the city's imminent fall. However, swift intervention by the EUEEN coupled with stiff Kandsonian resistance sapped Rettoan momentum. Poor Rettoan logistics and tactical decisions helped the defenders to thwart efforts at encirclement, and, after a week of protracted fighting, the defending forces began counterattacking. Following the successful counterattacks in late October, Rettoa began withdrawing its forces from the capital city area on 1 November. Three days later, the Kandsonian authorities declared that Osmino was again under Kandsonian control, and EUEEN forces began pushing beyond the capital.
The battle was particularly brutal in the history of urban conflict, with most of the capital's outer districts left in ruin from heavy clashes and artillery strikes. Kandsonian forces lost more than 9,800 troops, while the EUEEN lost 3,804, more than all its combined military deaths in previous conflicts since the World War, including the 1999-2005 Vulkaria War. Rettoa and its allies lost around 20,000 soldiers. As a result of the battle, nearly 19,000 civilians died and nearly half of the city's population fled the capital.
First assaults
Capture of Senell Airport
Rettoan forces began a "concerted effort" to take Senell International Airport in the first day of the assault on Osmino. Around 5:05 in the morning amid wider rocket attacks on the capital, Rettoan forces began to establish positions in tower blocks overlooking the airport, including a medical station, staging area, and an artillery observation post. At 06:15, Rettoan forces began to barrage the airport with Grad rocket fire, using their positions in neighboring residential buildings to direct artillery fire at the airport.
A formation of 20 to 34 Rettoan helicopters launched the operation to secure Senell Airport to create an airbridge in which troops and equipment could muster less than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Osmino. To cover their attack on the airport, the Rettoan military jammed Kandsonian radars and suppressing local air defense sites. Flying low, the Rettoan helicopters made their approach from the Sarits River and were immediately attacked by Kandsonian small arms fire and MANPADS. The Rettoan helicopters countered by deploying flares. Several were hit, with at least two helicopters being shot down and several more aborting their landings.
As the Rettoan paratroopers landed in growing numbers and fanned out, Brotherhood of Kolkesburg units arrived in armored trucks and disembarked closer to the main terminal supported by three Rettoan tanks, and the Kandsonian defending garrison was forced to retreat as they started to run out of ammunition. At one point during the fighting, a helicopter was shot down and crashed into the main terminal, erupting a massive fire that engulfed most of the Arrivals building. The initial clashed had lasted about an hour; the paratroopers had suffered significant losses, while the Brotherhood militia also suffered high casualties but were able to push Kandsonian fighters out of the terminal. The Rettoan forces were thus able to secure the airport.
Attempts by Kandsonian forces to take the airport back in the following day were thwarted numerous times as Rettoa and its allies began encircling the city and thus the counter attackers.