The Slovesen People’s Revolution:
After several weeks of skirmishes between, formerly, NRF and currently, SRA forces and the military, the situation has changed. Visrodin has seen the appearance of guerilla warfare in most rural and mountainous regions, and the defeat of several military garrisons in such regions. Due to the unstable and poor control of the Visrodin Army over these regions, the SRA has managed to gain strength, and the towns and cities in such areas have been forming their own republican local governments (Soviets).
Most importantly, the republican local governments have formed a political and defensive alliance, which is being called the Union of Slovesen Soviet Republics. The USSR has recognized the Slovesen Republican Army as the legitimate military force of the republican alliance, and has also voted SRA socialist leader Miladin Tinchev as the main leader of the alliance.
Tinchev, whose location had always been unclear and hidden, back during the days of the NRF, has held a speech in the city of Nevenovo, which has been secured by soldiers of the SRA. The speech goes as follows:
"Slovesen all over our country, listen up! After centuries of continuous oppression, exploitation and lies by the upper classes of the country, be it the royal nobles, corrupt businessmen or inhumane military officers, the time has never been more ripe for our liberation! It is clear that all hopes of democracy and decent civil and worker’s rights in Visrodin reside only on ourselves. It doesn’t matter who we will have to fight against, Anton Todorov, or Viktor III Rucheyski, we must not be afraid to fight against those who will otherwise abuse and dispose of us like we were little playthings.
Thanks to these monsters, and their horrible predecessors, our country has stayed centuries behind, compared to the rest of Pacifica. It is now our chance to turn our lives around and fight for our basic living standards, as well as establish a functional and fair democracy, unlike Visrodin has ever seen. Rise, proletariat!"
In this new phase of the conflict, the SRA has risen up and has already occupied around 12.300 km² of the country, pretty much all in mountainous and isolated rural regions. The provincial capital cities of both Lower and Upper Maglenets, and Kozaritsa have been seized by the republicans. Another occupied citiy is Rusaliovo, close to the border with UPRAN. Several other cities are already contested by the republicans. Most notably, Lazurovo, with over 100k people, has seen itself already contested as well.
It is not safe to assume that the military dictatorship was wholly unprepared and naive of possibility of such an escalation of the conflict. The most likely case here is that the Visrodin Army is finding planning and organizational difficulties, result of the recent mass purges of the officer corps, as well as high levels of sympathy towards the republican cause of new recruits and lower-rank soldiers.