By March 1932, Arthur had not received a visit from Nicholas II's family. Instead, he received some tragic news: the Ukraine region under the control of the Combined Army had been struck by a once-in-a-century super-famine.
Ukraine was rather special among all the Russian territories. It was still under the control of the Combined Army.
Under normal circumstances, Ukraine should still have belonged to Tsarist Russia and sworn allegiance to Tsar Nicholas II.
In reality, however, Ukraine was far more chaotic than anyone had imagined. Ever since Tsar Nicholas II's defeat, the United Kingdom had known that Ukraine would sooner or later return to Russian hands.
For precisely that reason, the Combined Army's control over Ukraine had already become extremely weak. Ukraine currently had two major forces: the Conservative faction, formed by the native forces and the nobility, and the revolutionary faction formed under Russian influence.
If nothing major happened, Ukraine was actually quite peaceful. After all, the troops stationed there belonged to the Combined Army, and Russia could not openly provoke or attack the Combined Army.
But after the famine broke out, the situation inside Ukraine became extremely chaotic and complicated.
It was also this famine that finally made the British people decide to abandon Ukraine.
On March 7, 1932, in a small town somewhere in Ukraine.
For the Northern Hemisphere, spring had already arrived, but in Ukraine, the cold weather had yet to end.
As it happened, this year's winter had been relatively dry. Such a dry cold was unsuitable for plant growth, and it also meant that Ukraine, once a grain-producing region of Russia, had a poor harvest this year.
Of course, the main reason was actually the highly chaotic environment within Ukraine.
As an important grain-producing region of Russia, Ukraine had a large farming population, which