Solon war
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| Solon war Gasarian: Солонская война Tasian: Солонова война | |||||||
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.jpg) Losdeman, 1995 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Gasaria• Solon Military-Civilian Council |
 Federate Union Tasian Self-Defence Council (1994–1997) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Narodarmiya Solon Defence Force Gasarian Armed Forces (denied after 1996) | Federal Military Force | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Military and paramilitaries: 18,295+ (IO 2024) | 15,283+ (IO 2024) | ||||||
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Civilians: 4,000—16,000 (IO 2024 estimate) | |||||||
The Solon war is an ongoing protracted armed conflict. Amidst a sectarian conflict, Solon and its Organization of Nations-backed administration was overthrown by Gasarian paramilitaries who established their own proto-state. Declaring the Eastern Accords to have been violated by Gasaria, the Federate Union invaded in 1994 and occupied portions of Solon, sparking a wider border crisis.
The Eastern and Southern Cooperation Forum convened in 1996 where the Federate Union and Gasaria agreed to the Solon terms, deescalating the broader border conflict and resuming trade. Subsequently, Federate forces abandoned their Siege of Ostov after two years. Federate offensive operations slowed significantly amidst intensified shelling of Gasarian positions and building defenses.
In 1998, Gasarian paramilitaries launched a counteroffensive. The Federate Union accused the Gasarian Armed Forces of directly participating. The counter-offensive was ultimately unsuccessful to repelling Federate forces. In 2000, the Federal Military Force launched another offensive. Since 2001, the line of control has changed only incrementally.
The conflict continues today with clashes occurring consistently. The Federate Union and Gasaria have maintained limited formal diplomatic and trade ties but continue to dispute the status of Solon and condemn each others actions in the conflict. The two countries held peace summits in 2002 and 2019 with bilateral expressed intentions in peace, although no substantive ceasefire has been agreed on.
In January 2025, Gasarian president Anton Convic and Federate prime minister Elena Petrova met in a Gasaria-Federate Union Reconciliation and Dialogue Summit, issuing a joint statement to implement a ceasefire within 8 months.
Name
Apart from Solon war, the conflict is also called the war in Solon or Solon conflict. The government of Gasaria prefers the term Federate war on Solon. The government of the Federate Union has variously used the terms military operation in Solon, defensive operations in Solon, conflict in Solon or Solon crisis.
Background
The Eastern Accord ended the Federate-Gasarian War in 1980. It established the Solon Civilian Council, an Organization of Nations-backed demilitarized zone recognized as sovereign Gasarian territory. Internal conflict between Gasarians and Tasians exacerbated ethnic divisions in the province. After the Losdeman shelling incident, Tasian communities formed the Tasian Self-Defence Council in 1989. Gasarian paramilitaries expanded significantly and overthrew the Organization of Nations-backed administration and established the Solon Military-Civilian Council. Federate officials starting in 1990 began accusing Gasaria of violating the peace terms and sponsoring the paramilitaries.