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South Livonian Dictator Dies in Helicopter Crash In a sudden turn of events, the long-standing dictator of the Democratic People's Republic of Livonia, Nikolay Dragomirov, was announced to have died in a helicopter crash thirteen miles East of Kaliningrad. After a day of complete communication blackout from the Democratic People's Republic of Livonia, all radio and television services were restored and began broadcasting a looped message from the Supreme Council of Livonia, the legislative body of the rogue state. In the message, they stated that "the country's beloved leader has tragically passed away in a helicopter accident". The message proceeded to state that the cause of the crash was still being investigated, and that "if any outside involvement in this appalling incident, there will be extreme consequences". Western analysts believe this is a thinly veiled threat to the quasi-state's nuclear arsenal. Photo released by DPRL media claiming to be the crash site While details are scarce regarding the crash, several of those who follow the DPRL professionally have pointed out that while Nikolay Dragomirov was often promoting a rabid anti-Western and capitalist stance, he often flew in a Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin, which had originally been sold to the quasi-state for search and rescue purposes. Given the recent tightening of sanctions against the DPRL two years ago, DPRL analyst Marius Tadesautis based in the ROL suspects it has likely become more difficult to procure spare parts for the helicopter. Whether this led to the crash remains unknown. "But what I do know," Marius said, "is that things will get very interesting along the Livonian DMZ. I just hope cooler heads prevail". Nikolay Dragomirov boarding his AS365 Dauphin helicopter four weeks ago Beckett Mariner Grand Central Times

//SECRET//JSOC//USASOC//MARSOC From: [email protected] <Thomas Godfrey> To: [email protected] <Sean Morrison> [email protected] <Nathan Brueske> Fwd: [email protected] <Jordan Hart> [email protected] <Matthew Boyle> [email protected] <Micheal Hawkins> Subject: FTX Cold Winds Update All Commands and Attachments are hereby notified that wargame FTX Cold Winds will continue as planned. The commencement ceremony will be in Stockholm on April 19th, 2024. Excersizes will begin on April 20th, 2024 at 0000. Reporting for the MSOC portraying the OPFOR component will be on April 16th, 2024 @1930 in the the combined arms staging area. SOAR assets will report in with the Swedish BLUFOR command on April 17th, 2024 @1500 at the combined arms staging area. A full event schedule has been attached. 3d MRB, A-Co and 160th SOAR, 1-BN, have been selected as the reactionary USSOCOM forces available to USEUCOM for the duration of this excersize. The EUCOM threat brief lists the rogue state actor South Livonia as their highest present threat. The latest intelligence estimates place significant escalation at ~34% or unlikely. A full brief will be forwarded from Eurocom in the next few days. Prepare your forces accordingly. A full operational brief for FTX Cold Winds will be provided after report-in. As per previous discussions, expect Swedish command to field their own SOF units for OPFOR as well as their usual contribution to BLUFOR. I have been asked to instruct our OPFOR units to plan on teaching their counterparts as they conduct operations. Further, expect exercise additions from the Swedish 3d Naval Warfare Flotilla and Uppland Fighter Wing. More details to follow. Signed, General Thomas A. Godfrey III Commanding United States Special Operations Command