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Parbhani Imperial News
« on: January 23, 2021, 09:12:53 PM »




IMPERIAL FORCES TAKE DATAI

This morning at the daily Ministry of Defence briefing it was confirmed that last night Imperial Armed Forces had occupied the Topri town of Datai. The news comes after a month long offensive around the town which holds a strategic position over the river Morlas, thought by many to be the last major obstacle between the Parbhani military and the the Topri capital. The conflict between Topri has now been raging since early 2018 when the Parbhani Embassy was permitted to be attacked following a series of disagreements and border skirmishes which can be traced back to disagreements over construction of a dam in Topri which would likely cut of irrigation to the Empire.

The conflict has so far seen 408 members of the Imperial Armed Forces die in action and seen several Topri air-strikes on border towns. The  Maharajadhiraja Krishnaraja III has announced that he is willing to discuss a ceasefire with the King of Topri however any agreement would require Parbhani control over the Mamroda River which was the catalyst for this conflict. With Topri being landlocked it is highly likely that the long standing severing of trade routes is likely to force the nation into further losses in the coming weeks. During today's briefing a representative of the monarch explained the situation. "There is every chance that we could end this conflict in very short order with overwhleming force. In doing so the death toll though would be extremely high and we have no wish to do that.. Through the confict we have always tried to permit civilians to leave the area but they have been reluctant to do this making our work so much harder. Today we are proud that the Imperial Army have managed to enter Datai and will now pause the offensive in hopes that the Toprians will see sense."

So far the King of Topri has declined to open discussions stating only in a speech to his nation that they can not "permit the last free Parb[1]nation to fall to this blood soaked Empire." It is estimated that around 1,500 Toprian's have died so far in the conflict.

 1. ethnic group most of the Empire is part of and from which the nation takes its name

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Re: Parbhani Imperial News
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2021, 10:29:24 PM »




TOPRI TARGET TEMPLE

18 members of a congregation praying at a local temple died today when the Topri military fired a series of missiles into the building. The town of Kehlari sits about 25km from the border with Topri and controls a significant bridge over a tributary of the Mamroda River making it a strategically important town in the Empire offensive against Topri. Over the last few days the Imperial Armed Forces have pushed closer to the capital of Topri and Maharajadhiraja Krishnaraja III has urged the King of Topri to accept the need for him to attend talks to discuss surrender and bringing an end to the conflict. The missiles today struck at around 9am as a large group of followers of the Parbhani Folk Faith were making offerings to the Gods when it is believed three AGM-65 Maverick Air to Ground Missiles hit the Temple complex. It was only because the strike took place during the morning that the Temple was not hosting many more people resulting in much more loss of life. It is believed that the missiles were fired by Topri aircraft that had been intercepted by the Imperial Air Forces F-23 fighters and fired their missiles before running for home. It is not certain whether the town of Kehlari was the intended target or whether fearing the impending attack of the Imperial Air Force they targeted the town for its bridge. Members of the Imperial Army raced to the scene and helped try and rescue those trapped inside and managed to successfully save six individuals including the local Priest who was airlifted to hospital and is said to be in a critical condition.

The military officer responsible for the region is Lt-Col Pillai who passed his condolences on to the families of the deceased. "Today was a tragic reminder of the reasons why we are fighting against Topri. While we do our best to avoid harming civilians Topri purposely target our places of worship and civilians. As our forces roll into the town of Datai in Topri we pause and allow civilians to evacuate. Topri fire missiles at sacred sites. Soon we will complete our victory over them and bring their King who wished to destroy Parbhani to justice. Our Maharajadhiraja has offered an end to the fighting should the King of Topri surrender his forces and agree to conditions designed to allow us to be sure we shall not be attacked anymore. He though ignores His Imperial Majesty and his men die. We pray for the Gods to help us win this war quickly and end the suffering of all involved." The Maharajadhiraja has sent letters to the families of those who have lost loved ones and will dispatch members of the Imperial Family to their funerals tomorrow.

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Re: Parbhani Imperial News
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2021, 09:33:57 AM »




OFFENSIVE PAUSED FOR 48 HOURS

The Maharajadhiraja Krishnaraja III has today announced that his Armed Forces will pause their offensive for 48 hours to give King Indrajit V of Topri chance to respond to conditions for an end to hostilities. The news comes following the funerals of those killed in the recent Temple attack in Kehlari that left 16 dead. The Maharajadhiraja has also confirmed that he has asked "respected members of the international community" to investigate avenues to bring fighting to an end however those nations have not yet been named. The Maharajadhiraja issued a set of five conditions that must be meet to convince him to bring the conflict to an end at this time.

1. Those responsible for the missile attack on Kehlari and their commanding officer to be handed over to the Parbhani military for court martial.
2. Compensation of $2million be paid to each family who lost a loved one during the missile attack. $1million to be paid to each family who have a loved one left permanently disabled because of the attack. $500,000 to be paid to each family who had someone injured during the attack.
3. All Topri land bordering the Mamroda River for 10km to be demilitarised and put under the command of the Empire. This shall become the new border between the nations. 
4. No Topri Armed forces to come within 5km of the new border.
5. The eldest unmarried daughter of the King of Topri to marry Prince Amar within 14 days of these terms being accepted.

Experts believe that some of the conditions are unlikely to be acceptable to the King of Topri who has yet to make any public announcement on the offer. The Maharajadhiraja however has stated, "I believe I have been extremely merciful in this offer. Our military effectively has a boot on the neck of Topri and we could certainly finish the job if we so wished. It is important our people who have sacrificed their lives for the protection of the Empire have not died in vain and as such any agreement must ensure the Mamroda River is not permitted to be blocked in anyway, the most simple way is to hand it over to our Empire. I myself was nearly assassinated at the hands of the Topri military and so we have shown they can not be trusted to be good neighbours and yet still I try to do my bit. For 48 hours we shall sit and wait. At the conclusion it is my hope either the King will accept my terms of the nations we have approached can find a way forward. Failing that then our final offensive shall begin."

The Maharajadhiraja took time under this 48 hour lag in fighting to visit members of the armed forces in an undisclosed military hospital. He spent time speaking to the wounded and presented a Lance Naik of the 4th Imperial Rangers with the Emperors Medal for Bravery following him single handedly saving three comrades from sniper fire. It is the first time the medal has been awarded in thirty years. The name of the recipient is yet to be released however.




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Re: Parbhani Imperial News
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2021, 07:36:00 PM »




IMPERIAL NAVY DEPART ON MASS

A total of 15 Naval ships have today departed to head into the Great Northern Ocean. The move comes after the Navy have spent months largely inactive while the conflict in Topri rages however after the government of Achkaerin announced deployment of their ships to the region, including an aircraft carrier. The Achkaerinese Ministry of Defence says that the deployment is necessary as part of the "Achkaerin Playbook" and in order to " make clear our close monitoring of the situation". With Achkaerin troops in Izhitsa.

The Navy have therefore set to sea to counter any potential action as explained by Minister of Defence  Anant Mhasalkar . "There are comments and actions that do not make sense here. We have seen that Achkaerin are a nation with a record of interventions. They have recently sent their forces to Clysperis, Izhitza and throughout recent Mundus hisory countless other nations. Suddenly they are showing interest in our conflict with Topri. At best there are nations working behind the scenes, as we have informed the world, to try and bring a peaceful end to the conflict. The Achkaerin government have already tried to sway the chances of this being successful by suggesting we are "asking an awful lot." Now by bringing a carrier into the region they are putting pressure onto all parties. At worse they could be potentially looking at intervening. After all a carrier has only one way of monitoring a situation and that is putting aircraft close to a location Topri is close to 300km away from our coast, it is 500km away from Izhitza. A reconnessance aircraft must fly over our nation, an electronic intercept aircraft within 200km or so. The only way a carrier fleet can monitor this situation is by passing into our waters or overflying our nation especially after stating none of their aircraft will fly in Izhitza territory. We therefore must view this stance of them sending a carrier to "monitor" the situation a potential aggressive move. Achkaerin are a nation with a long history of technological achievement. They have satellites, they have space stations, all of which can be used to monitor a situation within Topri. Add to this that our forces had, until today's deployment, been adding South West, the complete opposite direction to Izhitza then to say this is a move to ensure the security of a foreign nation they have troops in is frankly not paying attention to the situation."

It was also confirmed that aerial patrols will be stepped up in the coming days to ensure that not reconnaissance aircraft from the soon to arrive carrier fleet gain entry. "We have seen Achkaerin forces intervene in conflicts around the world. We do not wish them to intervene in this situation. By one way or another we can end this conflict in the short term. Foreign involvement runs the risk of extending the conflict. We will not permit Achkaerin or any other nation to spy upon our forces for fear of colluding with Topri. We are now faced with the situation of for our own security throwing caution to the wind and reinforcing our drive into Topri ignoring our own promise of maintaining a ceasefire or we risk a third party weakening our position."

The government have also called into question the fact that the government of Izhitza have voiced no concern over the situation in Topri. "Surely if our neighbours had thought we were a threat they would have given permission for Achkaerin aircraft to fly close to our borders in their airspace. This is not the case, so if our neighbours are not threatened why is a nation nearly 3,000km away? It is us who must feel concerned and threatened by this ongoing situation."

The Maharajadhiraja has called for his Chief's of Staff to meet in the capital tomorrow to discuss how a speedy end to the conflict can be achieved should the as yet un-named nations fail to bring about peace.




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Re: Parbhani Imperial News
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2021, 10:21:27 AM »




MONARCH DISCUSSES "NEIGHBOURHOOD"

Following the recent press statement by Achkaerin's Crown Princess Serenity the  Maharajadhiraja has responded.

"The statement has rather than clarified the situation made it in many ways worse. The Princess begins by asking "Is the safety of Achkaerinese aid workers and soldiers working in Izhitsa a concern?" and answers her own question with "Yes". I would ask her to justify that response. Never in our Empire's modern history, and never in the time I have been on the throne have we ever threatened Izhitsa or Achkaerin, not even in word. Infact had we not been busy dealing with this crisis of our own we would likely have lended our support to Izhitsa. The irony is however later in her statement she offers the supposed olive branch by saying if we tell her who we have asked to mediate she will turn the ships around, however if as she states the safety of aid workers and her soldiers occupying another nation are her concern knowing who has been asked to mediate is not going to make them safer. Therefore this argument for sending these ships is nothing more than a red herring to justify another Achkaerin incursion into other people's affairs.

There are many reasons for not wishing to inform the world of who is mediating at this point. Doing so may place them under undue influence. As we have now seen there are nations out there who wish to impose themselves upon the situation and therefore may use whatever influence they perceive they have to influence the matter. We wish these nations to act in fairness in the best path they see fit, not the path guided towards by others. What Achkaerin are doing by making these demands is essentially wishing to approve that these nations will be ones who fit their agenda. This also brings me to my next concern. The Princess states there has been a lack of communication. What she means by this is there has been a lack of communication with her nation. We have been in contact with Topri, we have been in contact with the nations we approached, we have been in contact with nations we feel we needed to be in contact with. Achkaerin is not our parents whom we must show our text messages to or give our Facebook password to. But communication is a two way street, Princess Serenity has a platform that she can use to try and force us to follow her agenda but this platform could have been used to communicate with us. IF she felt we somehow threatened her troops in Izhitsa or was concerned about the negotiations she could have used the exact same platform she now uses to have reached out to us and ask questions. She didn't instead they sent an aircraft carrier and now demand answers as though we were supposed to tell them our business. It is not hard to get a message to me and yet neither publically or privately did Serenity or her father attempt this, instead they move an aircraft carrier and then wonder why we have no desire to discuss this matter with them.


The Princess also seems to believe the feelings of those "native" to the Northern Ocean should be a concern when inviting people into their "Neighbourhood" I would begin by comparing this to a cul-de-sac, yes we are all neighbours upon the street but it is of no concern to the man living across the road who I permit into my house. It is clear they are that nosey neighbour whose curtains twitch every time a friend comes to your door. However it is ironic that when Vanora and Safraen voiced concerns about having an Ackhaerin and Dragovah navy on their doorstep despite raising their concerns this supposedly good neighbour ignored them. Then Clysperis saw a long standing prescence of their troops. A nation with a discontinuous Empire is in no place to talk about taking the concerns of "Natives" into their decision making. At some point in their history Achkaerin determined that they would strike out across Mundus to regions very different to their own and impose their governance upon Natives of other regions. We are not inviting armies, we are not inviting navies, we are inviting observers, people in suits with briefcases. Yet to my knowledge Izhitza did not invite an aircraft carrier into their neighbourhood.

The Princess also talks about concerns over our time limits, she is a Lieutenant in the Navy so I assume has served at least five years, she should therefore be aware that 48 hours in military conflict is an eternity. For us to stop our forces, with no compulsion on Topri to reciprocate, gives them a huge advantage, allows them to prepare defensive positions. Keep in mind that prior to that 48 hour ceasefire we had also paused our offensive in the town of Datai. Every time we halt our offensive be it on the grounds of removing refugees from danger, helping the injured or sick and now to give peace a chance we give Topri an advantage and this will be paid for in Parbhanian lives. Peace waits for no man and if Topri are reluctant to come to a negotiating table, as we have offered directly with us or now through mediators. We have sacrificed enough of our people to give peace a chance and now time is moving on. If need be I could steamroller Topri out of existance within a week, I have no desire though to leave Topri a nation of smoking ruins populated by grieving widows and orphaned children. Achkaerin threatening us by the spectre of an aircraft carrier, and who knows what other forces to follow, make the prospect of us placing such concerns to one side ever more likely.

What is needed now is for Achkaerin to return to its own business and not thinking that the largest ocean upon Mundus is its own front lawn. Vanora, Safraen we now know how you feel. To have a nation talk about neighbourhood but strut around believing that unless it is central to the happenings there then no good is a foot is an annoyance. If the Crown Princess is honest she now needs to come out and state the actual reason for the aircraft carrier coming as he fallacy of it being to protect her people in a foreign land is not played out by any historic evidence nor the current situation, even her own promise of turning the ship around if we disclose classified information to her contradicts this premise. If she wishes to really be a good neighbour she needs to now keep the dog on the leash and send it home as otherwise there is no option other for us to view it as a hostile move.

It is my hope that Achkaerin will now de-escalate the situation they are creating, return their carrier to their own waters and remove their troops to their homeland. The Great North Ocean is not "their" neighbourhood, it is the neighbourhood of all nations who enjoy its waters lapping at their coast, we are now at least the third nation to have complained of their presence and the impacts it has on their lives. How many more will begin to feel the same way unless they see it is they who are being the bad neighbour not us."

The Maharajadhiraja was asked if he would confirm who the nations being asked to mediate are however he refused saying, "I believe the best chance of them succeeding on their mission is to give them this time we agreed to be about the business of peace without influence from any other nations not party to the situation. They are now in control of this process not us, we merely set them on the journey and now sit back as passengers until Topri respond."

« Last Edit: February 13, 2021, 10:18:57 PM by Parbhani »

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Re: Parbhani Imperial News
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2021, 09:38:10 AM »




"MILITARISATION LEAVES NO CHOICE" SAYS GENERAL

Respected General Sachin Dutt has today called on the Maharajadhiraja to end the ceasefire and relaunch the offensive against Topri. The General stated his concerns were the build up of foreign navies in the Great North Sea. Speaking to the media during a tour of positions overlooking the Mamroda River the General said, "We are in a strong position. On the front foot, numerically superior, technologically superior and better lead. We will win this war and ensure the future security of our water supplies for the rest of time, we will ensure our long term security. However the Constantly Starting Trouble Organisation has deemed it necessary to involve themselves in yet another issue that has nothing to do with them. Every crisis seems to have at least one of them niggling away at its heart. Achkaerin stoking problems in the region around Clysperis by provoking Vanora and Safraen, For a long time even their own membership couldn't get along with each other. Our glorious Maharajadhiraja must take off the gloves and allow the military to complete the job. I am not in favour of us even halting to allow mediation, let alone now having mediation with nations foreign to our region sending military assets to try and influence." The Palace have not yet spoken of whether the Maharajadhiraja will consent to a lifting of the ceasefire as General Dutt has called for.