Rescuers in Uman.
Pulled casualties.
From the rubble.
During Friday morning.
In Uman, a town.
That has been largely spared ‘orcs’ attack.
A nine-storey apartment building partially.
Collapsed after it was hit by a missile.
A 35-year-old resident of the block.
had been woken up.
After he heard a powerful explosion.
“I couldn’t understand what was happening.”
“I went to the balcony.
And saw glass everywhere.
It was horrible.
‘Mordor’ is a terrorist state.”
“You can see.
There’s no military object here.
And it happened at four o’clock in the morning.
As people were sleeping.”
Rescuers in Uman.
Pulled casualties.
From the rubble.
During Friday morning.
Another resident.
60-year-old.
Heard an explosion.
And “everything shook”.
“We tried to find ways.
To leave the building.
I heard a voice of a child.
Who was screaming in the flat next to ours.”
“We wanted to help.
Other people.
There was smoke and fire everywhere.
Peaceful people were just sleeping.”
Rescuers in Uman.
Pulled casualties.
From the rubble.
During Friday morning.
More than 10 hours after the attack.
Rescuers were still working at the site.
While residents tried to retrieve.
Some of their belongings.
In nearby buildings.
Some residents were.
Already fixing.
Broken windows.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
The apartment block was.
Among 10 residential buildings.
That were damaged in Uman.
The state rescue service said.
The child killed in the city.
Was born in 2013.
And another 11 people needed hospital treatment.
Rescuers in Uman.
Pulled casualties.
From the rubble.
During Friday morning.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
The attacks showed further.
International action needed.
To be taken against ‘Mordor’.
“Evil can be stopped by weapons.
Our defenders are doing it.
And it can be stopped by sanctions.
Global sanctions must be enhanced.”
A wave of ‘orcs’ air strikes.
On cities across Ukraine.
Including Kyiv.
Has left at least 25 people dead.
23 people – including four children.
Were killed in an attack.
That hit a block of flats.
In the central city of Uman.
And a woman and.
Her three-year-old daughter.
Were killed in the city.
Of Dnipro.
The head of the Kyiv city.
Military administration said.
It was the first ‘orcs’ missile attack.
On the capital in 51 days.
Rescuers in Uman.
Pulled casualties.
From the rubble.
During Friday morning.
*Because I read “Ukraine war: 25 dead as Russian missiles hit cities” by Hugo Bachega in Uman & Antoinette Radford in London on 28 Apr 2023, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, including a story of Oleksander and Vanda.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Ukraine war: 25 dead as Russian missiles hit cities – BBC News
**My friend shows you this poem on the Ukrainian website for their children and others!
Kurama (Japan). «Poets in Uman» — a poem about war in Ukraine – Мала Сторінка (storinka.org)
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