Livenka War
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| Livenka War | ||||||||
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From top clockwise: Leski following Nur airstrikes; Nur Parliament building after Viat suicide bombing; Signing of the TBD accords; Viat refugees during the Irtysh massacre | ||||||||
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 Neo-Patrikyevist paramilitaries | ||||||
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 Gulab Khayoyev |
 Luykan Soldatov Oleg Dmitriyev |
Eduard Kozar Artem Vanzin | ||||||
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TBD |
TBD |
TBD | ||||||
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82,966 killed or missing 32,337 soldiers killed 50,629 civilians killed |
102,984 killed or missing 28,774 soldiers killed 74,210 civilians killed |
2,283 killed or missing | ||||||
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The Livenka War (Nur: Ҷанги Ливенка, Viatchian: Ливенская война) was a major armed conflict that took place in Nurek and Viatchia between 2000 and 2005. The war began on 16 August 2000, a week following the Livenka declaration and the secession of Viatchia from Nurek in response to the April Revolution. The war ended on 23 December 2005 with the signing of the TBD accords in TBD and the general surrender of the Viatchian Armed Forces.
On 9 August 2000, representatives from various Viatchian provinces gathered in the town of Livenka to announce a universal declaration of independence from Nurek and the creation of the Viat Democratic Republic (VDR). This was in response to the Nur government rolling back special privileges granted to Viatchia under the rule of Simeon Patrikeyev. Exactly one week later, Nur President Gulab Khayoyev ordered the Nur Armed Forces to begin airstrikes on the Viatchian capital of Leski and to begin a ground invasion. Direct combat between Viatchian paramilitaries and Nur soldiers began in early September. A refugee crisis began shortly afterwards with hundreds of thousands fleeing the conflict zone.
In early 2001 when it became clear the war had turned into a stalemate the Nur Armed Forces began targeting civilians and in response VDR paramilitaries began carrying out revenge attacks. On 18 May 2001 the Nur Air Force shot down a commercial plane carrying the VDR's President Luykan Soldatov alongside 87 others, two weeks later when the Nur parliament was in session a Viatchian radical detonated a suicide bomb near the office of Gulab Khayoyev. Both sides would engage in terrorist attacks throughout the duration of the conflict. In early 2003 Nur paramilitary forces with the backing of the Nur government began a deadly campaign against civilians in the Irtysh exclave. Over a period of eight months over 20,000 Viatchian civilians were killed by Nur paramilitaries.
In late 2003, Neo-Patrikyevist paramilitaries led by former Army General Eduard Kozar began attacks against both VDR and Nur forces. The first of several ceasefires began in April 2004 and lasted until July when fighting resumed. Peace talks began on 17 October 2004 in [THIRD COUNTRY HERE]. Talks were suspended after a renewed Nur offensive surrounded and began the siege of Leski. After months of negotiations the TBD accords were agreed upon and signed on the 23 December 2005, officially ending the war and creating a federal state. Viatchian President Oleg Dmitriyev was assassinated two weeks after the accords were signed by radical Viatchian nationalists. International forces were stationed in Viatchia until 2011 to ensure the terms of the TBD accords were kept to.