Third Destland Civil War

The War in Kicgron also known as The Third Destland Civil War is an armed conflict in the Kicgron region of Northern Destland. From the start of March 2017 and in the aftermath of the Nuversti Riots pro Democtatic Forces backed by the League began an armed campaign against the current Destland Government under Ifan Woodward.

First Battle of Kicgron
In early September 2017 a group of rebels belonging to the recently formed Eralis Battalion entered into the east borough of Kielnik in the city of Kicgron armed with small arms and anti tank weapons. The men numbered 150, their objective was to secure the Kicgron City Hall located in Keilnik. Led by a former SCAR Team lieutenant the company quickly secured the City Hall and a few surrounding buildings, capturing the mayor of Kicgron, Albinas Ojeras in the process. Over the next 25 minutes local police units would arrive and form a perimeter around the building along with this groups of civilians began to arrive in support of the rebels.

Over the next 3 hours with the police occupied with the now thousands of civilians at the permitted the rebels would barricade the doors and entrances to the city hall. With the police distracted at city hall more rebels would enter Kicgron, setting up positions over the city as they began to arm civilian sympathisers. Quickly the rebel and sympathisers numbers grew from an initial 300 to an estimated 630 in a matter of 7 hours. With the initial siege of the city hall beginning at 10:00 no casualties had been inflicted on either side with only light small arms fire being exchanged over the hours. However at 18:00 the rebels began their first push to secure more land in east Kicgron within a matter of 5 hours, The Kielnik police headquarters, primary hospital and dozens of civilian houses and buildings had been secured.

For the next 8 days a battle would be fought throughout Kicgron with dozens being killed and wounded. The Eralis Battalions leader, Airidas Spogis had taken responsibility for the execution of Albinas Ojeras along with several other high ranking Kicgron officials. However on the 8th day the rebels would be repelled after an army counter attack with tanks and APCs. The rebels would then flee to the Uvask forests starting the conflict there.

Army of the Border
The Army of the Border is another Pro Democratic and Pro League militant group that occupied various land and villages on the Kironia and XXX border. Their members included former Destland Army, Navy and Police forces as well as former civilians trained by the experienced men. The group was dissolved in early 2019 and joined with the Kicgron Regiment to form the Virbalis People's Army to make a more unified force in the area. At their peak the Army of the Border numbered 5,000 with armoured vehicles in their arsenal. Their forces participated in several large engagements at the start of the war including the XXX and XXX.

Kicgron Regiment
The Kicgron Regiment was formed in early 2018 by 40 men commanded by Kestas Ciapas. In a matter of 3 months the group would grow to 500 men and take on the name of the Kicgron Regiment. The Regiment would be one of the fastest growing militias in the north with them at their peak having 1,200 men all under the command of Ciapas. Participating in several pivotal battles in 2018 the Regiment would grow to infamy within the Destland Armed Forces. However in Early 2019 the unit was officially disbanded and joined with the Army of the Border to form the men Virbalis People's Army under joint command of Ciapas and the Border Army commander named Racys.