The republic of Subjenska is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Korica to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk. The country had somewhat friendly relations with its Communist neighbour; that was until a populist right-wing government was elected in 2015, all trade relations with Korica were cut off, the Korican Embassy was closed with its staff detained and were expulsed back to the country. Combine this along with a heavy militarisation of the border, and the Subjenskan government declaring an anti communist stance, the government of Korica had now considered Subjenska to be a threat.
The first attempt of an overthrow was a instigated Left-wing revolution in 2017 which was brutally crushed by the military, the remaining socialist revolutionaries fled towards the Korican border where they continue a guerrilla war against the government. It was then decided by the Korican elite that an invasion of Subjenska must be planned in order to protect the nation's national security. That invasion is now.
The attack first began with heavy artillery and rocket barrages across the border, decimating the Subjenskan units that were deployed there, this was followed by a armoured and infantry assault with major cities and towns with falling within a few hours of the invasion. The Military of Subjenska had outdated and inferior hardware such as their main battle tank which was the T-55, this showed to be no match for the far superior T-14 and T-90 battle tank of the Korican armed forces. The Subjenskan Army and Airforce was slow in mobilisation against the invading Korican Forces, this provided to be a death sentence as many of them were killed and destroyed in Airstrikes by Sukhoi Su-34 Fighter-bomber Aircraft and Tupolev Tu-160 Strategic bomber Aircraft. The invading forces were assisted by the communist rebel group known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Fatherland (PFLF) which took most of the rural villages and recruited not only thousands of new recruits from not only the civilian population but also defecting Subjenskan Army members and through their social media, presented the Koricans as liberators against the 'corrupt right-wing dictatorship'.
After a day of fierce fighting and intense clashes between communist and capitalist forces, what remained of the Loyalist army had set a defensive line around the outskirts of the capital Minsk, unbeknownst to them, the Korican 4th Guards Tank Division was ordered to take the city, the division was known to be the best out of the entire Army if not Armoured Forces, it had combat experience from battling Islamic extremist terrorist organisations in Chechnya and Syria as well as fighting an increasing fascist insurgency in the far east of country near the North Korea Border.
On the morning of the following day of the invasion, the people of Minsk awoke to the sound of BM-21 Grad rocket launchers hitting loyalist positions before around 13,000 soldiers and numerous Tanks and Armoured Personal Carriers stormed the capital city along with an additional 8,000 PFLF communist rebel fighters assisting them in the take over of the city. The only remaining defence the loyalist government had was a small, under-equipped, poorly trained right-wing militia which provided to be no match for the professionally trained Korican and the now battle hardened rebels; after only an hour of fighting, the city fell with most of the militiamen killed while the others surrendered.
The Presidential Palace and Parliament building were took over, government politicians who had now already fled to Poland were arrested including the president Yuri Vasiliev and placed in prison to await further trial. The rebels lowered the subjenskan flag and raised their own, a simple red flag with a Hammer and Sickle in the middle over the Parliament building and Presidential Palace, it would be the temporary flag of the new communist provisional government of Subjenska.
After the taking of Minsk, the Korican government had declared victory in Subjenska and that a military occupation will remain until the new government has gained total control. They decided to send out a message to repeat this saying.
Official Communique of the People's Republic of Korica
Greetings nations of the world, after years of harassment, attacks upon our people, militarisation on our border and brutal oppression of the people's will by the right-wing junta, our forces have decided to assist the popular socialist revolution in the overthrow of the government so that a true representative body is in power. Subjenska will be a protectorate of Korica and our military will still be positioned until the provisional Revolutionary Government has gained full control of the country.
