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New York Times 13th August 1967
Walter Cronkite
Warlord Yuri Andropov just took northeast Ukraine after a long and bloody battle with Ukranian Remnant Forces for Sumy Oblast ended today with thousands dead. the wars have been continuing for year since the collapse of Both the Third Reich and the Soviet Union in 1947, leading to numerous warlord states taking their place, with Eastern Europe being the worst affected area. It is reported that Andropov's men engaged in numerous war crimes, although their nation, United Russia, is not party to the Geneva Conventions. British Prime Minister Menzies Campbell has responded to the atrocities by threatening to cut off all aid to United Russia if Andropov does not reign is soldiers in immediately. The Ukranian Remnant has ordered an evacuation of all nearby oblasts as the war rages on. The ongoing wars have led to refugee crises with millions heading to Canada, Australia, America and Western Europe as a result.
The displacement and wars have also contributed to the economic stagnation and famine prevalent throughout Eurasia ever since the end of World War 2. Among others there is the Principality of Petrograd, the United Russian Republic, Free Byelorussia and Ostland. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the Fifth Layer of Hell here as the wrathful constantly fight each other not caring about what happens to them.
I frankly do not know if or when this cycle of war and violence would end in Eastern Europe and i do not know how it's going to end. I pity these people as endless war drgs them lower into hell.