Third Suvani War

Third Suvani War
Part of Western Yasteria Conflicts and the Suvani Wars
Top: New Khanate Forces defending the City of Ariundun, April 2021 Bottom: Military situation in August 2021: Legend of Combatants   ESS & Dagagchid   NKS-LLC Front   EGPD Occupation   Upper Suvania   SSR Occupation & Allies   Tsaizal/AoP
Date 1 February 2021 - Present Location Suvania Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Elven State of Suvania: United Suvania Party Loyalist Divisions Suvan Police Force Douglasa Accords: Nystatiszna Kæra'zna Rikevaarland Dagagchid: Church of Ayalagach National Ayalist Front White Irregulars Traveller Brigades Alvan Volunteers Support: Durdanini	New Suvan Khanate: Noble Opposition Khan's Opposition Party Ayalist People's Front Suvan Imperial Army Suvan Sea Forces Khan's Honour Guard Tavaris Liberty-Labour Coalition: Radical Resistance Free Liberal Party Yellow Scarves Opposition Unions South Hills Vistari Volunteers Support: Asendavia Ellesborg Western Provinces (alleged) Edalavia-Grenstad Protection Divisions: Military Garrisons Vistari Imperial Army Army of the Free Provinces Norgsveltian Imperial Army Border Forces Vistarian Border Forces Grenstadic Border Forces	Upper Suvania: People's Autonomous Region of Adelisia Collaborationist Left: Salvation and Labour Front Old Socialist People's Party Worker Liberation Militia Coalition of Trade Unions Ekvatori Volunteers Tsaizal: AoP - Yasteria Branch Rational Society Tsaizic Self-Defence Forces Sapientist Insurrection Tsaizal Education Board Support: Army of Progress Rational Association (alleged)
Commanders and leaders
Gansukh Khulan Tsakhiagiin Ganzorig Tsakhia Mönkhbat  Lakva Oiodv  † Tayang Sanchir Olai Anda Bayan Erke Oleg Balzhinimayev Hedda Madsen Tuva Berg Theodor Lervik Þysa'zho So'fulf	Negdsen-Chadaltai Khan Temuulen Altani Jenkshi Khoga Žarís Nevran Alandar Togene Dagasi Ranjit Altani Tokhta Acharya Timothy Burton Marium I Milan Fisher Olav Adelbert, Count of Edelavia Kara Saidova	Dashiin Jerasi Sholban Baatar Altan Khartek Arban Baatar Peljidiin Monkbat Lev Grigoryevich Alagh Yid Kokhir Achens Cirina Dvivdin Abel Mestrat Harshad Marten Kel Astraat Anna Komari
Strength
57,200 20,381 11,200 8,500 2,440 1,908 Total: 101,628	42,300 45,000 23,400 21,300 2,415 Total: 134,415 62,848 (Not in Active Combat)	39,900 31,200 1,909 41,000 Total:114,099
Casualties and losses
8,370-9,720 killed 35,402 wounded	11,890-18,360 killed 19,186 wounded	4,107-7,242 killed 16,029 wounded

The Third Suvani War (Suvan: Suvany Guravdugaar Dain), formerly referred to as the Suvan Civil War during the short period before the war was escalated by Upper Suvania, is an ongoing multi-sided war in Western Yasteria surrounding the continual conflicts between the successor states of the Suvani Empire. Fighting began following the execution of the Prime Minister of Lower Suvania, Ukhnaagiin Khulan, after he made an attempt on the Suvan Khan's life in the Tugrikhota Palace. Groups such as the Army of Progress and the Suvani Socialist Republic escalated the severity of fighting when both began to work together, gaining footholds within Lower Suvania with the goal of taking advantage of the instability to seize territories for themselves. As the war escalated, foreign powers and volunteer troops began to take interest in the regional conflict, most notably South Hills and Asendavia, who have pledged support for the Khan, with the former sending a considerable amount of troops to the region. Another notable foreign presence is that of the Pact of Rosaheim, with forces from Vistaraland, Norgsveldet and the Western Provinces stationing themselves in the Northern and Western regions of Adelisia (Vistarian: Edalavia) in order to discourage spill over and reinforce Vistari-Provinican territorial claims. The war is currently dominated by three main factions.

This includes the Elven State of Suvania (ESS) led by the son of Prime Minister Khulan and the majority of what was the civilian government of Lower Suvania before the War, who are supported by the Dagagchid (Codexian: 'Followers'), a newly formed militant group of Radical Ayalists on both the Theocratic Socialist Left, as well as the Conservative Fundamentalist Right. Dagagchid garnered some limited support for Alva as the only other majority Ayalist state, with Alvan Volunteers comprising a not insignificant amount of forces . The ESS has gathered support among other nationalistic and identarian states, such as Nystatiszna and Kæra'zna, with additional support given by Durdanini following the February 14th AoP attack on the People's Synod. On September 20th,2021, the ESS asserted these ties byn officially joining the Douglasa Accords, with DA members providing troops and mercenary forces.

Their main internal opposition is the New Khanate of Suvania (NKS), a broad coalition of Royalists, Conservatives, Liberals and Communist-Opposed Socialists brought together under Royalistic Populism, Species Equality and promises from the Khan for a true Representitive Democracy to be created following the civil war. The Khan has stated his support for using the Norgsveltian system, however this idea has been controversial within the already uneasy Coalition, with the more Leftist and Populist supporters of the NKS forming the Liberty-Labour Coalition under nominal support from South Hills, while the pro-Khan mainstream - known as the Noble Opposition - is progressively rising in animosity towards the splinter group, keeping peace by necessity. As well as Asendavia, the NKS have been nominally assisted by some members of the Pact of Rosaheim, with Vistari Volunteers assisting in the war effort, as well as alleged non-combat support from the Western Provinces. This has also allowed cooperation between the NKS and the forces sent to assure security on the borders, with an informal agreement that no border forces will fire upon NKS troops so long as the border is respected. The NKS also has de jure dominion over the Crown Mandates, though due to their inability to assist in governance in the territory the City's Civil Administration has taken over a considerable amount of economic policy, assisted by monetary support from Ellesborg in order to maintain the status quo in the region. On September 20th, 2021, Tavaris declared war on Upper Suvania in response to their alliance with the AoP, who killed 38 Tavari citizens in the bombing of the East Parish Temple of the Church of Akrona in Lantaž, Rodoka in September of 2020. In joining the war, Tavaris backed the claims of the NKS, in particular the Noble Opposition, but have stated their primary strategic aim in the war will be eliminating the AoP.

The third major faction within the war is Upper Suvania and their allies, who launched an invasion into Lower Suvania on February 5th, 2021. Working alongside the Army of Progress (AoP), they aim to reunite Suvania through force, forming a coalition of Communists, Socialists and Secularists to oppose both the ESS and NKS. For their part, the AoP launched military operations in and around the province of Tsaizal. capturing large amounts of territory under the declaration of the Progressive State of Tsaizal, claiming themselves as an Independent Nation allied to Upper Suvania. They have received mixed support from other Communist and Secular states, with Ekvatora being the only one currently giving open support to the SSR, a fact which has been extremely controversial amongst the Southern SRs, who each have a considerable Akronist population. This conteoversy resulted in the 3/3 protests, when Akronist students and workers clashed with police and Ekvatori Militia over the munnition donations made to the SSR.