POETS IN A CONVOY

The attack comes as ‘the One’ is preparing for.

A signing ceremony in ‘Mordor’ to annex Zaporizhzhia.

Along with Ukraine’s Donetsk.

Luhansk and Kherson regions.

 

At least 30 people have been killed.

And almost 100 more injured.

In an ‘orcs’ rocket strike.

On a civilian convoy.

 

A huge crater next to a row of vehicles.

In the city of Zaporizhzhia.

Testifies to the violence of the attack.

Windows and windscreens were smashed in.

 

Half a dozen bodies lying at the scene.

Apparently civilians.

Baggage and coats strewed the tarmac.

One survivor said.

 

Her boss had been killed in the attack.

“She had two kids.

I left the cafe to use the restroom.

When it happened.”

 

“I ran back and tried to find her.

The cafe was demolished.

There were many bodies around.

It was all so very horrifying.”

 

‘Orcs’ forces are thought to have used.

Long-range air defence missiles.

In such a ground attack role.

In the early hours of Friday.

 

The convoy was hit as people were preparing.

To travel to the ‘orcs’-occupied part of the region.

To pick up their relatives.

And also deliver humanitarian aid.

 

Reacting to the attack.

On the outskirts of the regional capital.

Of the Zaporizhzhia region.

‘Gandalf the Green’ said ‘Mordor’ was a “state-terrorist”.

 

He said ‘Mordor’ launched.

16 rockets on the city.

And vowed to punish perpetrators.

For “every lost ‘elves’ life”.

 

Near the missile’s impact crater.

She sat on her suitcase in a state of shock.

“We arrived in a line.

To join a column going towards Kherson.”

 

“We got out to see what number we had in the queue.

Then the first rocket hit, behind the wagons.

We dropped to the ground.

Then the second one hit in the centre of the queue.”

 

“There was glass everywhere.

People screaming and running.

I don’t remember much.

It was very scary.”

 

“I then got up to see what happened.

Help the injured.

I tried to help an injured young man.

When the third explosion happened.”

 

‘Mordor’ currently controls.

The majority of the Zaporizhzhia region.

Including Europe’s biggest ‘Ring’ there.

But not the regional capital.

 

The attack comes as ‘the One’ is preparing for.

A signing ceremony in ‘Mordor’ to annex Zaporizhzhia.

Along with Ukraine’s Donetsk.

Luhansk and Kherson regions.

 

 

The attack comes as ‘the One’ is on the back foot.

Seven months after ‘orcs’ invasion began.

‘Elves’ counter-offensive has recaptured swathes.

Of territory seized since the 24 February invasion.

 

24 people were dead.

Including 13 children.

And a pregnant woman.

By ‘orcs’ troops.

 

In a convoy of vehicles.

Civilians were shot at close range.

In the “grey zone”.

On 25 September at about 09:00.

 

In the town of Kupiansk.

In north-eastern Kharkiv region.

Close to the ‘Mordor’ border.

They tried to escape from the shelling.

 

The attack comes as ‘the One’ is on the back foot.

Seven months after ‘orcs’ invasion began.

‘Elves’ counter-offensive has recaptured swathes.

Of territory seized since the 24 February invasion.

 

 

*Because I read “Ukraine war: Survivors speak of horror as Zaporizhzhia convoy hit” by James Waterhouse in Zaporizhzhia and Yaroslav Lukov in London on 1 Oct 2022, and some other articles as follows, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 April 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem including a story of Viktoriia and a story of Kateryna.
Please read the original stories on the BBC news:

Ukraine war: Survivors speak of horror as Zaporizhzhia convoy hit – BBC News

Ukraine war: Russian troops forced out of eastern town Lyman – BBC News

Ukraine war latest: Zelensky defiant as fighting rages around key town – BBC News

Ukraine war latest: Russian troops pull out of key east Ukraine town – Russian defence ministry – BBC News

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine forces ‘completely surround’ Russian troops in Lyman – BBC News

What Russia wants from the votes in occupied Ukraine – BBC News

 

 

**My friend shows you this poem also on the Ukrainian website for their children and others!

Kurama (Japan). «Poets in a convoy» — a poem about the russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 (video) – Мала Сторінка (storinka.org)

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