

At this point, Zakhaev personally moved in on the team, executing two members with his signature Desert Eagle. The Hind blows up an oil tanker on the bridge, killing or incapacitating most of the team. The team then makes their escape, but wind up stranded on a destroyed bridge facing an Mi-24 Hind and Ultranationalist troops. This mission is eventually successful, detonating the nuclear warheads midflight. Marines and the SAS was initiated, assaulting the launch facility. The Ultranationalists took control of a nuclear launch facility and aimed the missiles at the United States. Griefed by this loss, Zakhaev began to make open threats against the western world. When he was cornered, Victor took his own life rather than be captured. Marines make a move to capture Victor Zakhaev, Imran Zakhaev's son. Once Russian involvement was known, the SAS and U.S. Price had had a previous run-in with Zakhaev when he was just a Lieutenant, sniping his left arm off while he was making a deal for spent nuclear fuel rods in Pripyat, Ukraine. Zakhaev called Al-Asad's phone, and Captain Price answered. Russian involvement in this conflict was suspected, but unconfirmed until Al-Asad was captured. This device was later used to destroy the nation's capital city and kill 30,000 Marines. The Ultranationalists even go so far as to supply Al-Asad with a nuclear device. Ultranationalist leader Imran Zakhaev was even present at the execution of former president Yasir Al-Fulani. In order to draw world attention away from this civil war, the Ultranationalists supported Khaled Al-Asad's rise to power in an unnamed Middle Eastern nation.

Sometime before the start of the game, these tensions break out in a civil war. The Loyalists are the federal government's forces. The Ultranationalists idealize the old Soviet system, as they believe the federal government to have western interests at heart, rather than the interests of the Russian people. There is tension within the Russian government between the Ultranationalists and the Loyalists. 5.2.1 Invasion Forces (Russian Airborne Troops)Īlthough there is no Soviet/Russian campaign, Russia plays a significant role in the storyline, both on the side of and against the player.
