Year: 2022

“I want to shout to the whole world. To stop all this. To stop this bloody war. As soon as possible.”   “I want ‘orcs’ to know. How their husbands. Their sons, their parents. Are torturing ‘elves’.”   “How are we guilty? We are hardworking. Peaceful people. We don’t disturb anyone.”   “How do I […]

‘Elves’ military was more cautious. In declaring victory in Bilohorivka. Given that control over towns and villages. Has proved tenuous in the past.   But while only a small village. It would be a potent signal that. ‘Mordor’ no longer has full control. Of the Luhansk region.   Which along with Donetsk. Makes up Donbas. […]

A new ‘elves’ flag was flying atop. A captured ‘orcs’ T72 tank. Parked by the roadside. In the strategic town of Lyman.   Some ‘orcs’ fighters joke bitterly that. The “special military operation”. As ‘orcs’ government publicly terms. It “has no goals. It only has a path”.   Later the volunteers manoeuvred the remains. Into […]

Witnessing the visible trauma. In the village of Kreshchenivka. Is one of those moments. When this war feels utterly mindless.   The villages here are mostly destroyed. From both their occupation and recent liberation. Despite the eerie quiet and visible destruction. There is movement.     “Those ‘orcs’ said they were liberators. They just started […]

The 13 soldiers believed to have been killed. Defending Zmiinyi Island. On the first day of the ‘orcs’ invasion. Are alive.   The border guards were given posthumous honours. By ‘Gandalf the Green’ after they were heard. In audio recordings telling an ‘orcs’ warship. To “go to hell”.   ‘Mordor’ said at the time that. […]

How to be a good partisan. “Be grumpy,” is one suggestion. A faceless, hooded figure alongside a warning: “Kherson: The partisans see everything.”     At the mouth of the Dnipro River. On the Black Sea coast. Kherson found itself occupied. With barely a shot being fired.   Kherson became the first major ‘elves’ city. […]

As many as 700,000 men. May have left ‘Mordor’. Since ‘the One’ announced a mobilisation. Of at least 300,000 extra troops. On 21 September.   While most men have fled over land. To neighbouring Kazakhsta. Georgia and Finland. As well as other European countries. The arrivals in couples in Alaska mark a first.   Many […]

‘Mordor’’s move to annex. Parts of Ukraine has sent. A new Iron Curtain down across. A vast swathe of territory.   ‘Mordor’’s move to annex. Parts of Ukraine has cut off. An unknown number of people. From their own country.     Until 1 October. ‘Elves’ were able. With difficulty. To move to and fro […]

For now, the sound of birdsong. And the occasional bark of a dog. Masks what has happened. To this small community of Komyshuvakha.     As you drive south. Towards the front line from Zaporizhzhia city. The roads seem to empty. Fewer people walk along the roadside.   A car or military vehicle occasionally speeds […]

Many believed that. The counter-offensive would happen in August. But when that didn’t happen. People started to flee.     Towards ‘elves’ controlled territories and areas. Further to the West. An Israeli citizen was among them. From Melitopol.   She was visiting her hometown. When the ‘orcs’ invasion started in February. She stayed in the […]