Svoboda Movement

The Svoboda Movement, a well-organised paramilitary ultra-nationalist organization, was organised in Uzhhorod by far-right nationalists during the Ruthenian Crisis in Ukraine. After the Crisis triggered a wave of refugees on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, the killing of Ukrainian civilians led the Svoboda Movement to launch an organised attack on the Hungarian military border guards by the United Ruthenian Front. The battle ended at the Siege of the Tarpaja vineyard, when Svoboda suffered a heavy defeat and disbanded.
== History ==
=== Ruthenian Crisis beginning 2060 ===
In 2050, Transcarpathia remained largely unaffected by nuclear weapons, but years later the Zone was established. In Ukraine, a unified Ruthenian government was formed in Uzhhorod, characterised by strong anti-Hungarian and isolationist policies. Although they had a great deal of military control and influence in the region, they did not have full power in the smaller villages and countryside, except in the larger towns and military districts, where independent factions and criminal gangs were formed.
It was not long before the unified Ruthenian government was able to maintain its hold on power smoothly as it fell under pressure from the zone. As a result, a huge wave of refugees began to cross the Hungarian-Ukrainian border. First, in the mountain villages of Ukraine, people began to see strange lights from the mountains and to hear strange sounds from the wilderness, which were getting closer and closer to their villages. Later, unknown shadows appeared in the villages, moving through the streets and between houses, and then one by one people began to disappear and deformed wild animals began to attack and tear apart the remaining survivors.
Panic broke out, entire villages began to disappear and as the Zone expanded, the shadows began to move lower and lower into the lowlands. However, the Ukrainian Security Forces mobilised their forces and tried to protect the population from the "demons" but failed and one by one the soldiers were lost. Thousands of civilians then began to flee towards the Hungarian border in the hope of a safe life.
=== 2061-2062 ===
Later, the first clashes on the former Ukrainian-Hungarian border began when the Ungvar government ordered the command of the Bereg military border guard to hand over civilians fleeing across the border, but the latter refused to do so, and as a result of a mistaken order, Ukrainian refugees were shot dead by Hungarian border guards.
As a result, the Ruthenian government launched a full military response with the Ukrainian Defence Forces against the Hungarian border guards in Beregsurany. With heavy losses, the Hungarian border guards beat back the Ukrainian soldiers, who retreated, some surrendering with their hands up.
Because the Uzhhorod government was badly defeated and could not maintain order and security in the abnormal zone and in the fight against the creatures, it finally collapsed into total chaos after a few weeks. It was replaced by a number of smaller factions, including the well-organised far-right paramilitary group Svoboda Movement, formed by extreme nationalists and led by Oleh Maksim Tarasenko.
Maksim is a former commander of the late Ukrainian Armed Forces and a veteran of the invasion of Ukraine during the war. He has a high profile and charisma, and is known for his strong, forceful rhetoric, his organisational skills, ruthlessness, and his nationalist principles. His military record and charisma have enabled him to recruit a united military group for his cause. During the war against the Zone, he took part in a series of campaigns known as 'crusades'.
Maxim is ideologically known for his principle of promoting the Ukrainian nationhood and the nation-state of Ukraine, and for his unity and freedom of the people, which no one can take away from them. If someone feels threatened by the Ukrainian nation's independence, freedom or its democracy, he will radically deal with such persons or factions with extreme brutality and cruelty.
Maxim gathered together soldiers and armed volunteers with similar radical nationalist views and organised his own paramilitary organization, the Svoboda Movement, and through his military connections formed an alliance with the United Ruthenian Front, formed from the remnants of the Ukrainian Security Forces. They announced the cleansing of Transcarpathia of all mutants and enemy factions, which proved successful. Neighbouring factions were defeated one by one, and their valuable resources, supplies and weapons were stockpiled. They had the most advanced weapons left over from the War, armoured cars and tanks. They also took control of some underground shelters in Transcarpathia. They engaged in an efficient trade in arms and barter, and then in racketeering. They took possession of their own fertile land, starting their own subsistence agriculture, with farming and livestock. 
=== The Battle ===
By 2062, a huge wave of refugees was heading towards the Hungarian border, which caught the attention of Debrecen, but the Hungarian border guards were not allowed to let anyone through due to scarce food resources. So they used force against Ukrainian refugees when necessary. This did not stop the invasion, however, as Ukrainian nationalist militias armed themselves and, united by the Svoboda Movement, launched an organised attack with the United Ruthenian Front against the Bereg Border Guard and their supporting Satmar Junta. The incident became known as the Ruthenian Crisis. A bloody battle ensued, killing thousands on both sides as Ukrainian militias pushed forward to break through the sealed border. The Ukrainian militias, led by the Svoboda Movement, were much better organised, better armed and outnumbered by Hungarian border guards, home guards and volunteer troops, but were outnumbered and outgunned.
The Crisis ended in February 2063 with the weeks-long siege of the Tarpaulin vineyard, which ended with Svoboda's heavy defeat as the Ruthenian invasion forces could not operate at full efficiency due to the constant artillery barrages. However, they could no longer stem the tide of Ukrainian refugees.
== Aftermath ==
After the battle, Svoboda was completely disbanded, and its remaining members were tracked down and liquidated after the battle. Maxim and the remaining survivors of Svoboda fled back to Lviv in Ukraine where they re-organised with other Ukrainian nationalists to form a coalition, while others wanderated to Kirovohradiska where they joined the Ukrainian Reich. Some, however, fled to Hungary, where former Svoboda members were taken in by the Nyíregyháza clique and founded the Feltisza Cossack Hetmanate in Tiszavasvár under the leadership of Kirill Leonid.
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