Babylon Shattered: Timeline

2021

 * 1 December: As his party remains divided with little sign of material improvement for the average American on the horizon, President J oe Biden's approval ratings drop to 35%.

2022

 * 11 March: In the early morning hours, a firefight occurs on the Russo-Ukrainian border. Three Russian soldiers are killed, while fifteen Ukrainian troops die. Though western media blames the incident on Russian forces, RT releases footage from the Russian side of the border in which artillery is fired into Russian lines without provocation. This is covered mostly by alternative, and new media. Russian President Vladimir Putin moves 140,000+ troops across the border by evening. The Battle of Ukraine, later recognized as one of the most consequential conflicts in human history, begins.
 * 12 March: The 8,500 U.S troops President Biden had previously mobilized on standby are deployed to the Ukraine. Every NATO state, aside from Croatia, also pledges support.
 * 14 March: For the first time since unofficial accounts in Vietnam, U.S soldiers engage in direct combat with Russian soldiers, with U.S marine Pvt. Bridger Munroe of Arkansas (18) being shot, and killed by Russian Naval Infantry Lt. Kirill Kalashnikov of Moscow (27).
 * 21 - 22 March: U.S Navy Seal Carson Blackisle fights in the Battle of Kiev, going on to later receive the Medal of Honor.
 * RussianTankCommander.png22 March: Kiev falls to Russia. Ukrainian President Zelensky flees to Romania along with much of Ukraine's upper political echelon, and bourgeois.
 * 25 March: The U.S embargos Russia, to which Moscow responds in turn.
 * April: President Biden's approval ratings drop to 28% after seeing a modest bump at the beginning of hostilities in the Ukraine.
 * 9 April: A little over a month following Russia's invasion, U.S forces withdraw from the Ukraine, leading to a declaration of victory from the Kremlin. Though Russia declares that all Ukrainians who wish to leave are free to do so, thousands of supporters of the Zelensky government flee onto U.S planes, with only 100s being evacuated to the U.S. Neo-Nazi Ukrainian national guard unit the Azov Battalion remains as an insurgent group.
 * 12 - 20 April: A massive blizzard hits California. 450 People will die before the weather relieves.
 * 14 April: Legislation to include dental, and eye care in Medicare is introduced by U.S Senator Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (I-VT) in the Senate. The legislation nearly passes but is ultimately blocked by Krysten Sinema (D-AZ), and Joe Manchin (D-WV). President Biden is pressured by progressive groups to take action against the obstructionists, but demurs.
 * 24 April: Fascist Marine Le Pen is elected President of France, handily defeating unpopular neoliberal incumbent Emmanuel Macron.
 * 1 May: Mass labor strikes spark across the country on May Day.
 * 2 May: President Le Pen bans all Muslims from entering France, and withdraws from NATO.
 * 4 May: Emboldened by their crushing victory in Ukraine, Russia invades East Poland, and Moldova. NATO forces are deployed once more to West Poland. The U.S officially declares war on Russia, starting The Great War. Croatia withdraws from NATO.
 * 9 May: Moldova is annexed.
 * 12 May: China annexes Taiwan, causing a refugee crisis.
 * June: A majority of the post-pandemic economic recovery in the U.S has been reversed.
 * 7 June: State Department whistleblower Jim Reese flees to Russia, before leaking that the U.S is continuing the fund the Azov Battallion in spite of human rights abuses committed against Ukrainian civilians in Azov-controlled territory. Reese is lambasted by Washington, and the media as a "traitor".
 * 10 June: China invades The Philippines. ASEAN declares war on China. NATO, and China embargo each other.
 * 15 June: U.S marines arrive to defend The Philippines.
 * 19 June: In Shanghai, President Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping form a war-alliance, reformatting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Syria, Iran, Mongolia, and Pakistan all pledge to eventually sign the new pact, while India leaves the SCO. Surprisingly, North Korea declares neutrality.
 * 1 July: As the nation is ostensibly distracted by Independence Day celebrations, President Biden reorganizes civil service into a military draft while speaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels. With the U.S already enduring heavy casualties in the Philippines, American troops are drafted for the first time since 1973. American opinion is overwhelmingly negative, as riots rivaling those following the 2020 murder of George Floyd occur in virtually every major American city.
 * 3 July: President Biden deploys Delta Force in Birmingham, Alabama, to quell rioters, seemingly in violation of the Constitution.
 * 4 July: While speaking at a July Fourth event in Arlington, Virginia, President Biden narrowly survives an assassination attempt by alt-right activist Jefferson D. Bosworth of Powhatan, VA (52). Bosworth reportedly shouted "let's go, Brandon!", a euphemism coined by American fascists in "resistance" against the President, before firing five rounds from a sniper rifle at Biden's podium. One shot kills Secret Service Agent Jake Patterson of Dallas, Texas (31), another injures Secretary of State Antony Blinken who's appearance at the event during the war had previously caused controversy, another embeds itself in the podium mere inches from Biden's abdomen, and the final two miss entirely. As Bosworth reloaded, he was shot and killed by an unidentified USSS agent. President Biden is immediately evacuated to Raven Rock, Maryland, where he remains in isolation for two days before returning to The White House.
 * August: Tropical storms devastate the Gulf of Mexico.