In Photos : The Conflict in Vulkaria

An injured Vulkarian government soldier is carried away by his comrades during an attack on their convoy by the VNA on March 5th, 2019. Rebel forces (the VNA and MLF) have been battling government forces for years, but their spring offensive in 2019 caught them off guard and pushed government forces out of many key strategic cities. The IDU Security Council and Zamastan's coalition to fight rebel forces has failed to stop their advance.

Vulkarian Government Forces patrol a field outside Amstelveen after rebel forces attacked their convoy on February 29th, 2019.

A Vulkarian government helicopter circles above the Poliskiniu International Airport in the capital city of Vulkar following rocket attacks and ground incursions by rebel forces on April 27th, 2019. The airport was shut down to civilian flights after the fighting broke out.

A Zamastanian F-22 Zian Fighter prepares to take off from the deck of the ZMS Upham. Zamastanian pilots, fighting alongside the Vulkarian Government, had been attacking rebel positions outside of the city of Amstelveen.

A Vulkarian soldier kicks a soccer ball while his comrades look on during a routine checkpoint stop on the outskirts of Amstelveen on February 29th, 2019.

A Government soldier watches at a convoy checkpoint in the Amstelveen suburb of Purio a few days after brutal fighting. The battle for Amstelveen has raged since January 2019 and has claimed the lives of an estimated 600 Vulkarian soldiers, 2,300 rebels, and several hundred civilians.

Smoke billows from a power plant on the outskirts of Vulkar as a soldier keeps watch. Rebels tend to attack military and industrial areas so as to deal blows directly to the government and infrastructure rather than civilian populations, though regular people tend to be caught up in the crossfire nonetheless.

VNA (Vulkarian National Army) fighters rest and warm up by a makeshift fire beside their captured APV. The VNA is the prominent rebel group fighting the central government, and they have taken control of much of Inner-Vulkaria. Currently, they have pocketed control of the metropolitan stretch of Vulkaria which spans from the capital of Vulkar to the city of Amstelveen.

Government troops preparing to move supplies in their compounded checkpoint outside of Amstelveen on December 29th, 2018.

Vulkarian soldiers on patrol in the outskirts of Amstelveen. April 24th, 2019.

VNA troops at a makeshift checkpoint during their advance on Amstelveen, April 23rd, 2019